1. Make a brief timeline of important events in
Antony van Leeuwenhoek‘s life (key-words).
2. Why was van Leeuwenhoek an unlikely
scientist?
3. What were the character traits that helped
him become a scientist nevertheless?
4. Give examples of important discoveries made
by van Leeuwenhoek.
5. What was so special about van Leeuwenhoek’s
microscopes?
6. What did van Leeuwenhoek observe in the
plaque of his and other persons‘ teeth?
7. What are van Leeuwenhoek’s main
contributions to the history of biology?
Robert Hooke
1. Make a brief timeline of important events in
Robert Hooke‘s life (key-words).
2. What made Hook such an outstanding
scientist?
3. With which skills did Hook impress the
scientists at Oxford?
4. What is Hook’s major contribution to
biology?
5. In contrast to Leeuwenhoek, what kind of
microscope did Hook device?
6. Which biological term did Hook coin? Why
this term?
7. What was Hook’s theory on fossils in
contrast to the then widely accepted hypothesis going back to Aristotle? Which
method did he use to examine fossiles?