Hooke found that the cork was not merely a flat, monotonous block of material. "I took a good clear piece of cork," he explained in Micrographia, "and with a pen-knife sharpened as keen as a razor, I ...

Hooke, Schleiden, Schwann, and the many others who painted the early portraits of cells would be astounded if they could see the state of cell biology today. Researchers now order cells from catalogs, ...

Super-accurate models of human physiology will speed up the discovery and testing of new drugs. In 1665, Robert Hooke peered down his microscope at a piece of cork and discovered little boxes that ...

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is best known for his depiction of a flea as seen through his microscope, made scary through magnification: almost all body and little head, a giant apparatus for storing ...