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History of Cell Biology and Theory

The document discusses the early discoveries of cells in the 1600s by scientists like Hooke and Leeuwenhoek using early microscopes, which led to the later establishment of the cell theory by Schleiden and Schwann in the 1800s stating that all living things are composed of one or more cells, cells are the basic functional units of living organisms, and new cells are produced from existing cells. It provides details on the initial microscopic observations of cells and traces the development of the cell theory over that time period based on advancing microscope technology and discoveries.

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History of Cell Biology and Theory

The document discusses the early discoveries of cells in the 1600s by scientists like Hooke and Leeuwenhoek using early microscopes, which led to the later establishment of the cell theory by Schleiden and Schwann in the 1800s stating that all living things are composed of one or more cells, cells are the basic functional units of living organisms, and new cells are produced from existing cells. It provides details on the initial microscopic observations of cells and traces the development of the cell theory over that time period based on advancing microscope technology and discoveries.

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1 THE HISTORY OF
CELL BIOLOGY 
UNIT 4: CELL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
BOTH LIVING AND NONLIVING
THINGS ARE MADE OF ATOMS,
MOLECULES, AND COMPOUNDS.

HOW ARE LIVING AND NONLIVING


THINGS DIFFERENT?
BRAINSTORM:
WHAT DO YOU KNOW
ABOUT CELLS?
Name the scientists who first observed living
and nonliving cells.

Summarize the research that led to the


STUDENT development of the cell theory.
OBJECTIVE
S: State the three principles of the cell theory.

Explain why the cell is considered to be the


basic unit of life.
THE
DISCOVERY
OF CELLS
• All living things are made
up of one or more cells.
• A cell is the smallest unit
that can carry on all the
processes of life.
• When scientists were first
able to use microscopes,
they discovered these
objects too small to be seen
with the naked eye.
HOOKE
• In 1665, English scientist
Robert Hooke studies
nature by using an early
microscope.
• It used optical lenses to
magnify objects by bending
light rays.
• Cells were little boxes
where the monks lived, and
he called cells after this.
LEEUWENHOEK

• The first person to observe


living cells was a Dutch trader
named Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
• His microscope was 10 times
better compared to Hooke’s.
ANIMALCUL
ES:
SPIROGYRA,
VORTICELLA
THE CELL THEORY
• Only 150 years later, other scientists
(Schleiden and Schwann) discovered that
plants and animals are made of cells.
Cell Theory:
1. All living things are composed of one
or more cells.
2. Cells are the basic units of structure and
function in an organism.
3. Cells come only from the reproduction
of existing cells.
DEVELOPMENTS IN CELL THEORY
• The discovery of cells and the development of the cell theory happened at the
beginning of a revolutionary time in the history of science.
• [Link]
1. Describe the major contributions of Hooke
and Leeuwenhoek.
2. Identify the advance that enabled
Leeuwenhoek to view the first living cells.
REVIEW 3. State the three fundamental parts of the cell
QUESTIONS theory.
4. If you could go back in time, how would
you explain the cell theory to someone
who had never heard of cells?

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