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Francesco Redi (Arezzo, 18 February 1626 Pisa, 1 March 1697) was an Italian doctor, naturalist and man of letters. He is the founder of experimental biology, and is nicknamed the Father of modern parasitology. Redi is considered one of the greatest biologists of all time. He published a large number of naturalistic research, which aroused great interest throughout Europe. In the Observations Around Vipers he demonstrated that the venom of these animals, contrary to the common opinion of the time, is harmful only if inoculated into the wound and not if ingested. Particularly important are his Experiments Around the Generation of Insects of 1668, born from a letter to Carlo Dati, in which he refuted the theory of spontaneous generation, generally accepted at the time, with an in-depth experimental study of the reproduction of flies. In Redi's scientific work, even more essential than the results obtained is the method used, which ensures him a place of great importance in the history of the experimental method.