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Nature 459, 642-644 (4 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/459642a; Published online 3 June 2009
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A microscopic reality tale
Patricia Fara1
- Patricia Fara is senior tutor of Clare College, University of Cambridge CB2 1TL, UK. Her most recent book is Science: A Four Thousand Year History (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Email: pf10006@cam.ac.uk
Abstract
The earliest microscopes shed light on a once-invisible world. But, Patricia Fara explains, microscopists were uncertain about how well the images reflected reality — just as they are today.
In January 1665, Samuel Pepys followed up an afternoon with a prostitute by dining with the President of the Royal Society. On his way home, he called in at his bookseller and ordered an advance copy of Robert Hooke's book of the microscope.
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