History of Cell Theory (and questions)
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Updated: 10 Apr 2018
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Created byJack Heyun Wang
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Zacharias Janssen invented the compound microscope with the help of his father HansA scientist named Robert Hooke discovered cells when he was looking at a cork through a microscopeAnton Van Leeuwenhoek made the first practical microscope and he became the first person to describe bacteriaMatthias Jakob Schleiden wrote a book where he said all plant organisms are composed of cellsTheodor Schwann determined that all living things in are made of cells or cell productsRudolf Virchow published Robert Remak's work as his own proving all cells are made from pre existing cellsLouis Pasteur disproved spontaneous generation. He also created the germ theoryAristotle showed there were connections between all living thingsJohn Needham advanced the theory of spontaneous generation at a microscopic levelFrancesco Redi disproved spontaneous generationRobert Brown discovered the cell nucleusQuestions
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