E121: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Relevance

What does a fabric salesman have anything to do with the history of neuroscience? He found out that his magnifying glasses could be used for much more than checking fabric quality. He is the 1st publicly known person to view many things in the microscopic realm. 

 

Sources Cited:
1) Antony van Leeuwenhoek (berkeley.edu) 
2) Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Quotes - 17 Science Quotes - Dictionary of Science Quotations and Scientist Quotes (todayinsci.com) 
3) Human sperm roll like 'playful otters' as they swim, study finds - CNN 
4) Antique Leeuwenhoek Microscope - The Lens - Observation of Specimens (microscopemaster.com) 
5) Eye to eye with a 350-year old cow: Leeuwenhoek’s specimens and original microscope reunited in historic photoshoot | Royal Society 
6) Panel A: The structure of nerve tissue by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek in... | Download Scientific Diagram (researchgate.net)
7) Sabbatini, R.M.E.: Neurons and Synapses: The History (cerebromente.org.br)  
8) The First Person Who Ever Saw Sperm Cells Collected Them From His Wife (gizmodo.com) 
9) Leeuwenhoek: The First Master of Microscopes - YouTube 

 

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