BIOL130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert Hooke, Botany, Cell Theory
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Unit 1 and 2 biol 130 notes (textbook and lecture) Robert hooke saw cork under his microscope, was looking at a cell wall in compartments. Antonie van, increased resolution of glass, looked at pond water, described single cells protists. Scraped his teeth, mouth bacteria, father of microbiology, stripes in muscle cells, described sperm cells, looked at his own diarrhea (explained jarydia). Some of the smallest cells are size of biggest cellular organelles. Robert brown was looking at plant cells, saw nucleus looked like kernels. Another botanist matthias, every plant has cells, starts of with one cell and cuts in half. Cell theory - all living organisms consist of cells, cell is basic unit of structure. all cells arise only from pre existing cells. Fact is best understanding at that time, only the truth until we get a deeper way to look at it. Lots of observations, formulate a hypothesis. fact to theory.