This article is about the book. For the medical term, see Micrographia (handwriting). For artwork "drawn" with lines of minute characters, see Micrography.
Micrographia
Title page of Micrographia
Author
Robert Hooke
Original title
Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon
Language
English
Genre
Microscopy
Publisher
The Royal Society
Publication date
January 1665
Publication place
Great Britain
Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon is a historically significant book by Robert Hooke about his observations through various lenses. It was the first book to include illustrations of insects and plants as seen through microscopes.
Published in January 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it became the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy.[1] The book originated the biological term cell.
^Falkowski, Paul G. (2015). Life's Engines: How Microbes Made Earth Habitable. Princeton University Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-4008-6572-7. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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