Seeing cells through a microscope for the first time, in this Moment of Science. The 17th-century English physicist Robert Hooke was curious about the remarkable properties of cork -- its ability ...

Another groundbreaking discovery in science was the discovery of the cell by Robert Hooke (1635-1703). The iconic image of the breakthrough ... make up a piece of cork. It’s sliced two ways ...

Another groundbreaking discovery in science was the discovery of the cell by Robert Hooke (1635-1703). The iconic image of the breakthrough ... make up a piece of cork. It’s sliced two ways ...

In 1665, English scientist Robert Hooke published Micrographia, a book full of drawings depicting views through what was then a novel invention: the microscope. Peering at a slice of cork through ...

The 17th-century English physicist Robert Hooke was curious about the remarkable properties of cork—its ability to float, its springy quality, its usefulness in sealing bottles. Hooke ...

demonstrates in “Robert Hooke’s Experimental Philosophy” that he was in fact a pioneer—he coined the term “cell,” for the hollow structures he found inside a slice of cork, insisted ...

In the 1660s, Robert Hooke looked through a primitive microscope at a thinly cut piece of cork. He saw a series of walled boxes that reminded him of the tiny rooms, or cellula, occupied by monks.