Van Leeuwenhoek's own interest in lensmaking stemmed from his desire to more clearly see the quality of the thread he used in his draper business, and when he learned of the wonders of microscopy ...

On September 7, 1674, Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, a fabric seller living just south of The Hague, Netherlands, burst forth from scientific obscurity with a letter to London’s Royal Society ...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek opened up a whole new world to us; he was the first to observe bacteria and other microscopic lifeforms which could not be seen by the naked eye.

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, the 17 th-century scientist hailed as the father of microbiology, was famously secretive about the tools he used to make his revolutionary observations. 350 years later ...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes, which he crafted by hand using secret methods, had powers of magnification ranging from 50 to 300 times. His microscopes allowed him to see sperm for the ...

In hopes of seeing why a peppercorn tastes peppery, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) soaked one in water and put it under a microscope. The Dutch scientist imagined that its taste came from ...

Over 300 years ago, microscopy pioneer Antonie van Leeuwenhoek described sperm tails swaying in a symmetric pattern, like “that of a snake or an eel.” ...

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek opened up a whole new world to us; he was the first to observe bacteria and other microscopic lifeforms which could not be seen by the naked eye.