BSCI 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Animalcule, Transcriptome, Smallpox
2 May 2017
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The history and future of microbiology: pathway to discovery. Robert hooke (1635-1703) was the first to describe microbes. Anton van leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was the first to describe bacteria. Louis pasteur (1822-1895) invented pasteurization and vaccination. Robert koch (1843-1910) koch postulates link microbes to disease. Prior to the development of the microscope, people believed the theory that life arose from inanimate objects. Aristotle is credited with synthesizing ideas of sg in the 4th century b. c. English naturalist and professor: naturalist as in observes nature. The patriarch of microscopy - the first to describe microbes through his published (cid:449)ork (cid:862)micrographia (1665): physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by. Sworn enemy of newton - famous for feuding with other famous scientists. He challenged isaac newton for credit as discoverer of the laws of gravitational attraction. Built first compound microscope; with pencil and paper he became part of history. Cells: the first to (cid:272)oi(cid:374) the ter(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:272)ell(cid:863) to des(cid:272)ri(cid:271)e pla(cid:374)t (cid:272)ell (cid:449)alls.
