#30DAYSOFSCIKUCHALLENGE
Cell-kus
A few cell-ebratory haikus and their deconvolution
Cell Theory
The atoms of Life
Building all Organisms
Cells birthing more cells
Robert Hooke, a polymath English scientist, published the first description of a micro-organism in his 1665 book, Micrographia. Hooke, along with Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch draper and self-taught builder of the most powerful microscopes of his time, introduced the world to a universe of microscopic life. Hooke’s drawing of a slice of cork showed the tiny compartments that reminded him of a monk’s room, or cell. Though Hooke gave cells their name, he did not originally think them alive. Leeuwenhoek was the first to propose that the microscopic organisms he saw, vigorously moving within their universe of a drop of water, were indeed living “animalcules.” Hooke confirmed the Dutchman’s observations, and together they pushed the boundaries of biology. To this day, microscopy in all its varieties anchors the discipline of cell biology.
