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Materials science might seem very technical, but as a scientific discipline, it has led to many shifts in society over the ...

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek is known as the Father of Microbiology. Get details about his groundbreaking discoveries, ...

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To understand better the methods of visual communication of new scientific discoveries in the seventeenth century, this project focusses on the Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. With a team ...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek opened up a whole new world to us; he was the first to observe bacteria and other microscopic lifeforms which could not be seen by the naked eye. He is now regarded as the ...

A cloth merchant from the Dutch Republic has improved upon existing magnifying lens and made increasingly-sophisticated microscopes. His name is Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723).

On September 17, 1683, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch microscopist who was the first to observe bacteria, wrote a letter to Britain’s Royal Society. He talked about “animalcules” that he ...

Zacharias and Hans Janssen developed the first microscope in the late 16th century. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek refined it, observing microscopic organisms in the 17th century. by TOI Lifestyle Desk ...

A rare silver microscope attributed to Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is going under the hammer at Christie’s in London on December 13. Delft-born Van Leeuwenhoek (1632 -1723), who is known as ...