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Japan's Wild Scientific Genius: Minakata Kumagusu
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The scientific term Minakatella longifolia G. Lister may be known only to biologists, but behind the story of this slime mold—and of how specimens came to be kept at the Natural History Museum in London—is the life of one of the most fascinating men of Japan's modern era: Minakata Kumagusu.
Title: Japan's Wild Scientific Genius: Minakata Kumagusu
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The scientific term Minakatella longifolia G.
Lister may be known only to biologists, but behind the story of this slime mold—and of how specimens came to be kept at the Natural History Museum in London—is the life of one of the most fascinating men of Japan's modern era: Minakata Kumagusu.
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