Microscope

The Development of the Microscope and Cell Theory

By johnzach

  • Robert Hooke uses the term ‘cell’ to describe the tiny box-like units in a thin slice of cork

    Robert Hooke uses the term ‘cell’ to describe the tiny box-like units in a thin slice of cork

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers unicellular microscopic organisms

    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers unicellular microscopic organisms

  • Rene’ Dutrochet states that all plants and animals are made up of cells

    Rene’ Dutrochet states that all plants and animals are made up of cells

  • Theodor Schwann suggests that all animals are made of one or more cells and the cell is the basic unit of structure for all living things

    Theodor Schwann suggests that all animals are made of one or more cells and the cell is the basic unit of structure for all living things

  • Rudolf Virchow suggests that all cells arise from cells that already exist

    Rudolf Virchow suggests that all cells arise from cells that already exist

  • Ernst Ruska builds the first electron microscope

    Ernst Ruska builds the first electron microscope

  • Frits Zernike wins Nobel Prize for investing the phase contrast microscope

    Frits Zernike wins Nobel Prize for investing the phase contrast microscope