Showing posts with label Robert Hooke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Hooke. Show all posts

Nov 12, 2009

Speaking of Cells

Robert Hooke (1635 - 1702) was an English physicist. He was the first to coin the word “cell” to describe the basic unit of life (he thought that plant cells, when magnified through a microscope, looked like “cellula,” the living quarters of monks).