The discovery by Anton van Leeuwenhoek of tiny creatures living in pond water stunned the scientific world. Its importance was quickly realised, as was that of the microscope, which has literally ...

Today is Monday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2005 with 68 to follow. Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (in Dutch also Anthonie, Antoni, or Theunis, in English, Antony or Anton; English pronunciation ...

Few individuals exemplify this like Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, who, despite having no formal education past the age of 16, went on to become what most consider to be the “Father of Microbiology.” ...

Although his microscopes weren’t much bigger than a modern microscope slide, Anton van Leeuwenhoek coaxed 200x magnification out of his small devices. (Credit: Blue Lantern Studio/Corbis) Perhaps one ...

In the late 17th century, a Dutch draper and self-taught scientist named Antonie van Leeuwenhoek earned renown for building some of the best microscopes available at a time when the instrument ...

1683: Anton van Leeuwenhoek writes a letter to Britain's Royal Society describing the "animalcules" he observed under the microscope. It's the first known description of bacteria. Van Leeuwenhoek ...

Amateur Dutch scientist Anton van Leeuwenhoek, who lived in the late 1600s, was obsessed with the minute details of daily life. Leeuwenhoek studied any living thing he could find in his Delft home ...

A rare silver microscope attributed to Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is going under the hammer at Christie’s in London on December 13. Delft-born Van Leeuwenhoek (1632 -1723), who is known as ...