Discovering the Cell
Robert Hooke Author of “Micrographia.” First coined the word “cell” to describe what he saw in a thin slice of cork.
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek’s Microcscope
Cell discoveries in the 19th century Discovery of the nucleus: 1833 (Robert Brown) Description of cell division: 1879 (Walter Fleming)
The Electron Microscope Invented 1938 by Ernst Ruska. Allowed scientists to look into the cell in much greater detail.
Ruska’s Microscope
TEM: Cell Membrane
SEM: Cell Membrane
Fluid Mosaic Model