The Man Who Saw the Unseen-Leeuwenhoek! The History of Biology|| Episode 1

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[Music]
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In the 17th century dead city of Dulf
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lived a man with aid curiosity. A reaper
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by trade harbored a secret passion to
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see the unseen world. It's Anthony Van
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Levenhawk.
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Driven by an urge to see the finer
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details of fabrics, he taught himself
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the delicate crafts of lens grinding,
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these tiny glass spheres, simple in
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appearance, would become portals to a
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hidden universe.
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Unlike the bulky microscopes of his
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time, Leven Hawks were small handheld
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devices with remarkably powerful lenses.
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With magnifications reaching up to 275
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times, they revealed what no one had
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seen before. He was the first to observe
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and describe single cell organisms such
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as bacteria, protosova, which he
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affectionately called we animal codes.
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At the Royal Society meeting room,
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scholars in powdered wigs listen with a
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mixture of fascination and skepticism as
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a letter from Lemonhawk is read aloud.
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describing the teeming life in a drop of
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water.
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His findings were met with both wonder
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and disbelief by the scientific
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community. Could such tiny creatures
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truly exist?
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Later, he demonstrates his microscope to
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a visiting scientist.
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The man peers through the lens, then
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gasps.
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It's incredible. A world within a drop.
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Over five decades, he sent more than 500
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letters to the Royal Society detailing
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his discoveries,
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from red blood cells to rotifers, from
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muscle fibers to the structure of
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plants.
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Though he never wrote a formal
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scientific paper, his meticulous
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observation laid the foundation
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for microbiology, protozoolology, and
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cell theory. His work challenged the
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doctrine of spontaneous generation and
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offered early evidence that life did not
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arise from non-living matter, a concept
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that would later support the term theory
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of disease.
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From threats to theories, the curiosity
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of Antony Van Levenhawk, a self-taught
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lens maker, ignited a scientific
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revolution, revealing that the smallest
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words often holds the grandest
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mysteries.
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Take care, stay blessed. Thank you so
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much. You are with biology for you.com.

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