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Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.
The following is a list of notable microbiologists who have made significant contributions to the study of microorganisms. Many of those listed have received a Nobel Prize for their contributions to the field of microbiology. The others are typically considered historical figures whose work in microbiology had a notable impact in the field.
(A pair of letters exchanged between Hooke and Newton (9 December 1679 and 13 December 1679, omitted from Waller's The Posthumous Works of Robert Hooke, M.D. S.R.S.) Henderson, Felicity (22 May 2007). "Unpublished Material from the Memorandum Book of Robert Hooke, Guildhall Library MS 1758". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London.
The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be described in his book Micrographia. In this book, he gave 60 observations in detail of various objects under a coarse, compound microscope. One observation was from very thin slices of bottle cork. Hooke discovered a multitude of tiny pores that he named "cells".
Robert Hooke and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek discoveries involved depictions, observations, and descriptions of microorganisms. [3] Mucor is the microfungus that Hooke presented and gave a depiction of. [4] His contribution being, Mucor as the first microorganism to be illustrated.
1663 – First recorded description of living cells by Robert Hooke. 1677 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers and describes bacteria and protozoa. 1798 – Edward Jenner uses first viral vaccine to inoculate a child from smallpox. 1802 – The first recorded use of the word biology.
Bruce Alberts (born 1938), American biochemist, former President of the United States National Academy of Sciences, known for studying the protein complexes involved in chromosome replication, and for the book Molecular Biology of the Cell; Robert Alberty (1921–2014), American physical biochemist, with many contributions to enzyme kinetics.
The history of biology traces the study of the living world from ancient to modern times. Although the concept of biology as a single coherent field arose in the 19th century, the biological sciences emerged from traditions of medicine and natural history reaching back to Ayurveda, ancient Egyptian medicine and the works of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Galen in the ancient Greco-Roman world.