Question

Write about the contribution of Robert Hooke in cell biology.

[Review question: Pg. No: 67]

Answer 1

1. Robert Hooke was a scientist and inventor. He improved the microscope and built a compound microscope.
2. One day he made thin sections of the cork and observed many small identical chambers through his microscope.
3. They were hexagonal in shape. Based on these observations Hooke published a book named Micrographia in the year 1665, where he first used the term Cell.
4. He describes the structure of tissue using the term cell.