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ODIERNA, Giovanni Battista [Hodierna] (1597 – 1660)

ODIERNA, Giovanni Battista [Hodierna] (1597 – 1660)

1597 – 1660

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1644 CE

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l’Occhio della mosca In his: Opusculi…

ODIERNA, Giovanni Battista [Hodierna] (1597 – 1660)
ODIERNA, Giovanni Battista [Hodierna] (1597 – 1660)

The first microscopical section in biology is discussed and illustrated in Odierna’s study of the fly’s eye, which is also the first description of the faceted eye of an arthropod.