Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Very little is known about Johannes Vermeer. He was exclusively devoted to the arts. Due to his elusiveness, Thore Burger named him “The Sphinx of Delft” (“Biography of”). Vermeer was an artist during the Dutch Golden Age, a period of wealth for the Netherlands. Many outbreaks of the plague had come and gone, but things were finally returning to what they were like before it began. Trade flourished through the East India Company. The arts became popular, and artists were gaining wealth and

The daffodil is very well known for its beauty but it’s fairly unknown that it has medicinal purposes as well. The flower has some questionable side effects but it is often used to induce vomiting or for working similarly to aloe vera. Daffodils can also be used for diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer’s. It is obvious that the flower is much more than aesthetically pleasing. Daffodils scientific name is Narcissus pseudonarcissus. They grow at altitudes of sea level up to 0.93 miles above that

were being made with the rise of scientists such as Galileo and Newton. Another prominent name in this revolution was Antoni van Leeuwenhoek. Leeuwenhoek first worked in a fabric shop in Delft, Holland in the mid-1600s. Leeuwenhoek used his microscope to observe almost anything he could think of to have a better understanding of what he was seeing. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek contributed to microbiology because he developed the first simple microscope, was the first to observe microorganisms, and was

circulation of air within the body for normal systemic functioning of the body’s organs. Galen strongly believed in the idea that form follows function, and that in order to understand any organ’s function, its form must be studied first. Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to

her infatuation with Vermeer that she becomes his servant not on just a domestic, but an emotional level as well. She sacrifices her morals on many occasions and does not remain true to herself- "I did whatever he asked of me". We see the truth in Van Leeuwenhoek's warning that the "women in his paintings-he traps them in his world," as it is only with Vermeer that Griet loses control. When she was with Pieter she would "not let him do all he wanted", but for Vermeer she pierces her ears, parts

Irving Millman: A Renowned American Microbiologist Irving Millman, a renowned American virologist, immunologist and microbiologist, was born on May 23, 1923 and died on April 17, 2012. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in biology in from the City College of New York, an M.S. in virology in 1951 from the University of Kentucky, and in 1954 he went on to earn his Ph.D. from the Northwestern University Medical School in microbiology (Sparks 2016). At the

Vermeer’s life is mostly a mystery for historians. Most of what is known about his life is what can be pieced together using his paintings. Art historians use the paintings and the very little written records available to try and piece together Vermeer’s life. However, the task is difficult because of the lack of information and the guesswork involved with using paintings. Vermeer: A View of Delft is Anthony Baily’s attempt at reconstructing Vermeer’s life, using his art, the written records, and

Janssen two Dutch eye glass makers. They invented both the telescope and the first microscope. Then in the 1600’s Anton van Leeuwenhoek a Dutch scientist made a microscope that allowed him to see objects one millionth of a meter. This microscope is known as the first modern microscope. This allowed Leeuwenhoek to be the first person to describe bacteria. After Leeuwenhoek invention of the microscope a couple of centuries went by without any major advancement of the microscope. But there was new

• A man named Antoni van Leeuwenhoek dropped everything and ran with his wife to his worktable because he was viewing a sample through a glass that magnified everything to up to 100x. Nobody else had anything that powerful. • He spent an enormous amount of time looking at spermatozoa, as they’re now called. • The sample he was viewing was spermatozoa. • There were very few censuses. • A single codfish’s sperm cells were numbered at 150 billion. Leeuwenhoek concluded from his studies that there couldn’t

In her novel Girl With a Pearl Earring, Tracy Chevalier constructs the story of Griet, the imagined subject of Vermeer’s famous painting. In doing so, she sheds light on the culture of 17th century Holland, particularly the tensions and differences between the communities of two Christian sects. Born into a Protestant family, Griet is forced to work as a maid when her father cannot support the family. The artist Vermeer becomes her master, and she must learn to navigate his Catholic household. As