robert hooke

The microscope opened the hidden world of cells and microbes. This article explains lenses, early makers, Leeuwenhoek, Hooke, and modern microscopy.

From Zacharias Janssen's first compound microscope around 1590 to Nobel-winning super-resolution techniques: how the microscope revealed the hidden universe of cells and microbes.

Hooke discovered that springs stretch proportionally to applied force. Hooke's Law describes elastic behavior of materials and launched materials science.