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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Simon Stevin, Albert Schultens, Ronald Plasterk, Kees Schouhamer Immink, Jos van der Meer, Sacharias Jansen, Frederik H. Kreuger, Pieter van Musschenbroek, Ab Osterhaus, Frits Zernike, Cees van Riel, Cornelius de Pauw, Kas Oosterhuis, Pier Vellinga, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Jan Willem Storm van Leeuwen, Isaac Beeckman, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Loet Leydesdorff, Metius, Gerard de Zeeuw, Heleen Sancisi Weerdenburg, Henricus Aeneae, Gerrit Broekstra, Klaas de Groot, Michael Lew, Pieter Burman the Elder, Hugo Brandt Corstius, Paul of Middelburg, Clemens van Blitterswijk, Hendrik Tennekes, Ernst Cohen, David van Goorle, Bernard D. H. Tellegen, Martijn Katan, Jacob van der Hoeden, Petrus Scriverius, Jan Hendrik Scholten, Bert Metz, Jan Schuurkes, Jan Hendrik de Boer, Rene Diekstra, Arend Joan Rutgers, Karel Voous, Robert Splinter, Abraham Willink, Jan Hajek, Anton Eduard van Arkel, Gerrit Jan van Ingen Schenau, Wouter Besiot. Excerpt: Ronald Hans Anton Plasterk (born April 12, 1957 in The Hague) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid). He was Minister of Education, Culture and Science from February 22, 2007 until February 23, 2010 in the Cabinet Balkenende IV. He has been a Member of the House of Representatives since June 17, 2010. He focuses on matters of finance. A successful scientist and professor, Plasterk is a highly cited and prize-winning molecular geneticist. Since 1995 he has also been an author and columnist for several national publications. Plasterk attended the Sint Janscollege in The Hague, where he graduated in 1975, specializing in sciences. After graduation he studied biology at the Leiden University and economics at the University of Amsterdam. During this period he wrote for the student newspaper. In 1981 he obtained cum...
