The History of Microscopy

After completing a fairly extensive survey of bacterial and viral pathogens, it's time to learn about some other more general microbiology concepts. What better place to start than the indispensable tool of the microbiologist, the microscope! What is the history of the microscope? What types of microscopes exist, and how do they work? How do we use them today? Let's get the scoop on the history of microscopes.

Script by Kia Mackey

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[abstractismpython]

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[meneeRubieko]

Props to the pronounciation of ‘leeuwenhoek’ it’s a tricky one
But you nailed it!

[jbirdmax]

Fascinating to take a look into how the technology has advanced over the last few thousand years and then the huge advancements with electron microscopy technologies.

[msabbasi]

Please never change that intro. I really like it. There is one more request please make videos on corrosion and rusting(Chemistry) and classification of living organisms (Biology).
Thanks

[santicruz]

Yes! This will help a lot with my molecular biology course c:

[thanchristoffe]

Your videos are AWESOME ! It helps me with my HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY even I'm just 8 years old. Thanks 👍

[Marconius]

History nerd chiming in: Robert Hooke died in 1703; England and Scotland didn't unify into Great Britain until 1707.

[steveg]

Admirable pronunciation of Dutch names, tip-o-the-hat to that.

[mdhasnain_]

He knows a lot about the science stuff
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[jollyjokress]

Can't wait for scanning electron microscopy video. Other videos out there on teh topic are not really made for the public.

[ChaosundSandale]

2:31 I am pretty confident you made a comma fault here. Human hair is rather around 0.04 mm thick and i can still see a lot of things smaller than 0.4mm.
Btw I love your stuff!!!

[shattap]

i noticed that in this video, anton van came first than robert hooke, in other references, it is robert hooke's micrographia that influenced anton van at some point, meaning robert hooke mustve come first in 1660s and anton van emerged later with his own microscope, i hope this is clarified, =))

[Richard-bqni]

The picture showed when mentioning the SEM is again a TEM.

[timhaines]

I would imagine that biologists probably don't use them, but why no love for Atomic Force Microscopes?

[dailydoseofmedicinee]

Credit for the first microscope is usually given to Zacharias Jansen, in Middleburg, Holland, around the year 1595.👍

[palantir]

The van Leeuwenhoek microscope also had focus control.

[raelbrickey]

Why is it that my biology teacher looks almost exactly like you but with a longer beard?

[siddhantrane]

EVERYONE IN THE COMMENTS - THINK FAST

[carolinacastanheira]

Hi, why do cheap microscopes for kids usually produce colored images at its borders?

[asadkhan]

Why our school teachers don't teach us like this?