Question

4: explain the discovery of cells in detail

Answer 1

The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, which can be found to be described in his book Micrographia. In this book, he gave 60 'observations' in detail of various objects under a coarse, compound microscope. Hooke discovered a multitude of tiny pores that he named "cells".

Answer 2

✯ Account on Cell Discovery ✯

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• ➸ An English botanist Robot Hooks in 1655 examined the slices of a dried section of cork under a microscope.

• ➸ 1839, the German botanist Matthias Jacob Schleiden and the German psychologist Theodor Schwann, together proposed the cell theory.

✯ Postulate of cell theory ✯

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• ➸ All the living organisms are composed of cells. It is the basic structural and functional unit of life.

• ➸ All the cells are produced by the division of pre-existing cells. This phenomenon is called reproduction of cells

• ➸ The structure of all the living organisms is determined by the organisation of these small unit called cells.