The discovery of microorganisms by Robert Hooke and Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, fellows of the Royal Society

Notes and Records of the Royal Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 187-201

  Gest, Howard ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; Fellows of The Royal Society; Micrographia; Microscope; Robert Hooke

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542574141     PISSN: 00359149     EISSN: 17430178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsnr.2004.0055     Document Type: Review

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