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Used simple microscopes to observe cork cells
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Learned to grind lenses and assemble them into simple microscopes.
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First to recognize that all plants and all parts of plants were made up of cells.
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Extended the work of Shwann and Schleiden by proposing the theory that all living cells must rise from pre-existing cells.
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Formulated a mathematical theory that correlated with the resolution to the wavelength of light.
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Invented the electron microscope.
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Invention of the electron microscope.
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Invented the scanning tunneling microscopes that give three dimensional images of objects down to the atomic level.
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Invented the scanning tunneling microscopes that give three dimensional images of objects down to atomic level.
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Invented and developed the first digital microscope by adding a function that translated the visual image into a digital picture.
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Created the first atomic bomb.
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Schwann came to a similar conclusion as Schleiden with animal cells.
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Dsicovered and renamed the three germ layers of the early embryo.