Jenny Uglow's Moment of Genius ... Out of sheer curiosity, a Dutch tradesman working in the 1670s made a lens that was five hundred times more powerful than all other lenses at the time. With his DIY ...

The discovery by Anton van Leeuwenhoek of tiny creatures living in pond water stunned the scientific world. Its importance was quickly realised, as was that of the microscope, which has literally ...

Google Doodle has marked the 384th birthday of scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek - considered the world's first microbiologist who discovered sperm. Van Leeuwenhoek, was born today in 1632, designed ...

A rare silver microscope attributed to Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is going under the hammer at Christie’s in London on December 13. Delft-born Van Leeuwenhoek (1632 -1723), who is known as ...

THE scientist whose revolutionary techniques introduced the world to microbiology has been remembered by Google. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek used special magnifying glasses in the 17th century to observe ...

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10:11, Mon, Oct 24, 2016 Updated: 10:57, Mon, Oct 24, 2016 Today marks the 384th birthday of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who is referred to as the ‘Father of Microbiology’. Born today in 1632, the Dutch ...

Now I am curious about how you grind a lens! https://lensonleeuwenhoek.net/content/tiny-lenses says apparently not very well back then. Hubble telescope’s was spin ...

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