<P> 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 is particularly notable for being the first book to illustrate insects , plants etc. 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 . It is also notable for coining the biological term cell . </P>
<P> 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 is particularly notable for being the first book to illustrate insects , plants etc. 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 . It is also notable for coining the biological term cell . </P>
who wrote his description of cork cells in micrographia
who wrote his description of cork cells in micrographia
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke