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SHS500 Famous Scient
SHS 500 Famous Scientists and their importance
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hooke | looked at cork cells and saw tiny boxes he called cells |
| Van Leuwenhoek | first simple microscope, 270x, called things in pond water, "little beasties" |
| Schlieden | looked at plants and found that all plants were made of cells |
| Schwann | looked at animals and found that all animals were made of cells |
| Virchow | discovered that cells divide to form new cells, cells come from cells |
| Janssen | first crude compound microscope |
| Redi | proved that maggots came from flies and not from meat |
| Pasteur | proved that there was something in the air that caused the broth to turn cloudy, disproved spontaneous generation |