In a natural-scientific frame of mind, I share today a photograph of the microscopes of Hooke and Leeuwenhoek from the exhibition of the Darwin Museum

In a natural-scientific frame of mind, I share today a photograph of the microscopes of Hooke and Leeuwenhoek from the exhibition of the Darwin Museum. Leeuwenhoek is that same Dutch naturalist whose experiments with magnifying lenses laid the foundation of scientific microscopy. Over the course of 50 years he recorded his observations in the minutest detail, becoming the first man to describe red blood cells, bacteria, yeast, infusoria and spermatozoa. Leeuwenhoek is the discoverer of unicellular organisms. He made the discovery when he was already a well-known microscopist, but the learned world did not believe him until a special commission of the Royal Society of London had satisfied itself of the discovery with its own eyes

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In a natural-scientific frame of mind, I share today a photograph of the microscopes of Hooke and Leeuwenhoek from the exhibition of the Darwin Museum

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September digest: archaeological finds, exhibitions, museums, theatre and the Church

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