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produced the first compound microscope by combining two convex lenses within a tube
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Was one of the first people to realize that many reactions produced substances and developed the word gas.
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discovered the cellular composition of cork and introduced the word cell to science
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First person to be able to describe bacteria from the sammple he took from his mouth,single celled organism. Helped reject the theory of Spontanous Generation.
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- All living things are made of cells.
- Cells are alike in structure and function.
- Cells need information in order to survive.
- New cells come from old cells.
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Discovered all plant cells have a nucleas so it helped with cell theory
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Supported the theory of that all living things are composed of cell. Helped reject the theory of Spontaneous Generation by proving evidence of plants and how their organisms grow.
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discovers 1. All living things are made up of one or more units called cells. 2. cells are the basic functional units of life.
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Realized that sperm cells and egg cells are also cells
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Completed it when he discovered that cells only cme from pre-exsisting cells; called the concept biogenesis. His theory rejected Spontaneous Generation
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Disapproved the theory of Spontaneous Generation by furthering Virchow's expirmenting
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Started the theory of Spontaneous Generation
