How Did Hooke Contribute To The Discovery Of Cell Theory

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Introduction Draft - Brandon King
Before the microscopes cells were thought to be pure gibberish, they weren’t considered a plausible theory for how things were created. It was thought right up until the invention of the microscope in 1590 that things just appeared or were put onto the earth by God. It wasn’t even a possibility for things to be made up of miniscule organisms that have their own little body. After the invention of the microscope the whole world was torn apart and so many people's different ways of thinking and their different types of beliefs were shattered. Although some people’s beliefs were shattered the invention of the microscopes allowed for so many more theories to be created such as the currently researched cell theory. …show more content…

He worked with the enhancing of plant cells and proving that they like humans were made of cells but he also proved the theory by establishing the presence of the cellular makeup. Instead of using a jail cell and a thin piece of cork he used the air bubbles in the thick pieces of bread. The holes represented the cells and the bread the rest of the body. The animal tissues were proven later as it was harder to prepare for than the plant cells and tissues. The difference between Hooke and Grew’s theories were that Hooke thought that animal’s were like plants and were made of fibres but Grew Proved this theory to later be wrong. He proved this by showing that animals were made of …show more content…

However later a man that went by the name of Henri Dutrochet made the connection between animal and plant cells and he showed the structural and physical similarities between the two types of cells which made it hard for the science community to refute his claims. He also was the man to come up with the idea that the cells is regenerated from another cell but his friend François Raspail stated that every cell is derived from another cell.

Later on a man named Barthelemy Dumortier brought to the table the theory of binary fission or cell division. He also observed a mid line on the old and the new cell. This to Dumortier provided him with a clear explanation of both the cells. This was the reason that he was against the idea of cells forming from another cell or from spontaneous noncellular

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