1 Jan 1679 Jahr - Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Beschreibung:

*First person to see microbes using a simple microscope that had 200x magnification

*First observation: "Animalcules"
- 1660's Doctrine of Spontaneous Generation
-Life spontaneously arise from non living material
-"Vital Force": mysterious energy all life depends on

*First person to also see bacteria
-Microbes in rainwater, dental plaque, and feces