Zacharias & Hans Janssen � first compound microscopes 1590?
Galileo Galilei & Giovanni Faber 1624 -1625 � fellow Lincean academy member Giovanni Faber coined the word for Galileo's invention occhiolino, �μικρόν (micron) the"little eye". + σκοπεῖν (skopein) "small" + "to look at"
Anton von Leeuwenhoek Father of microscopy • “simple” microscope • • Single lens microscope • could magnify to about 275 x �single-celled animals ("animalcules") �interior of cells 1673 ~1674
compound microscopes vs. single lens microscopes ? Aberration (technical flaws) in the lenses
History of Microscopy Schleiden & Schwann 1. All living things are made up of cells. 2. Cells are the smallest units of living things 3. Cells only rise from existing cells.