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Feb 14, 1579
Galileo Galilei
He made improvements to the microscopes. -
Hans Jansen
Hans is associated with invention of the single-lens optical
microscope and the compound 9x magnification optical microscope. -
Zacharias Janessen
He is believed to be the inventor of the compound microscope. -
Hans Lippershey
Hans discovered that nearby objects appeared greatly enlarged through experimenting with several lenses in a tube. -
Robert Hooke
Robert used the simple microscope to observe cork and called the spaces "cells." -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Anton created at least 25 microscopes. Nine survive as of today. -
Heinrich
Heinrich expanded the electromagnetic theory of light. -
Matthieas Jakob Schleinden
Matthieas co-founded the cell theory with Schwann and Virchow. "All organisms are made up of cells." -
Robert Remak
Robert discovered unmyelinated nerve fibers and the nerve cells in the heart and discovered that the origin of cells was by
the division of pre-existing cells. -
Theodor Schwann
He is credited with development of cell theory. Discovered "Schwann cells" in peripheral nervous system. -
Ernst Abbe
Ernst formulated mathematical theory that correlated with the resolution to the wavelength of light. -
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf contributed to the cell theory. He first recognized leukemia cells. -
Leo Szilard
Leo conceived the electron microscope, linear accelerator, and cyclotron. -
Ernst Ruska
Ernst used several coils in a series to build the first electron microscope. -
Max Knoll
Max and his co-worker, Ernst Ruska, invented the electron microscope. -
Gerd Binnig
Gerd designed scanning tunneling microscope. -
Hirox Co LTD
Hirox created the first digital microscope.
