Micrographia
Sign in to saveMicrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.
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- Author
- Robert Hooke
- First published
- 2017
- Editions
- 11
- Subjects
- Long Now Manual for Civilization
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Key facts
- Book.name
- Micrographia
- Book.title_orig
- Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
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- Micrographia title page.gif
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- Title page of Micrographia
- Book.author
- Robert Hooke
- Book.country
- Great Britain
- Book.language
- English
- Book.genre
- Microscopy
- Book.publisher
- The Royal Society
- Book.release_date
- January 1665
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- publication date
- 1665-01-00
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- Micrographia
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- Hooke's Micrographia Diagrams from the National Library of Wales
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- Micrographia
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6 sectionsContents
- Observations
- Reception
- Methods
- Bibliography
- References
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Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.
Published in January 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it became the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. The book originated the biological term "cell".