How a humble Dutch merchant, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, became the first person to peer into a world of tiny creatures invisible to the naked eye. Show more Antonie van Leeuwenhoek opened up a whole new ...

OF all the great naturalists of the past, Leeuwenhoek occupies the unique and anomalous position of being the most frequently quoted and at the same time the least appreciated and understood. An ...