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The History of Cell Theory

As we all probably know today, every single living being is made up by cells – the building blocks of life. As much as we would like to take this fact for granted, we cannot help but acknowledge and remember the works and discoveries of earlier scientists which all contributed to our today's understanding of the cell theory. The cell theory being; all living things are composed of one or more cells, cells are organisms' basic units of structure and function, and cells only come from existing cells. Their discoveries lead to the development of inventions necessary to induce further research in the area which resulted in the creation of devices such as the microscope.

Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke was probably the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century. He was able to observe cells through studying thin slices of cork which was probably one of his most famous discoveries. He discovered plant cells, and in those he saw what today we......

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