What degree did Redi have from the University of Pisa?
Both medicine and philosophy
Law and politics
Art and history
Science and literature
Answer
Francesco Redi received both a degree in medicine and a degree in philosophy from the University of Pisa. He was a noted scientist and physician, and is best known for his experiments on the spontaneous generation of life. In these experiments, Redi showed that maggots do not spontaneously appear on meat, but instead are the larvae of flies.
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