scientist contributions/name that scientist. Flashcards
single lens
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
300x magnification
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
observed of bacteria shapes
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
drawing of bacteria shapes “animacules”, who gave that name?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
2 lens microscope
Robert Hooke
built compound microscope
Robert Hooke
discovered cork divided into “chamber”
Robert Hooke
Gave the “cell” its name
Robert Hooke
Italian physician
Francesco Redi
Experiment to disprove spontaneous generation (using the life cycle of flies).
Francesco Redi
proved that meat does not spontaneously give rise to maggots (larval forms of flies)
Conclusion: maggots arise from fly eggs not meat
Redi’s Experiment
was first to attempt experiment to refute spontaneous generation
Redi
Italian priest/biologist
Lazaro Spallanzani
boiled a nutritional broth, sealed it, found no microbial growth
Lazaro Spallanzani
boiling can kill some bacteria not all
Lazaro Spallanzani