HELP
2006-10-02 20:22:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Actually this question is from the book. It is a Critical Thinking question. Please HELP
2006-10-02 20:37:41 · update #1
Are you sure they were? Was there actually a survey taken? I would doubt it.
But, that said, the term cell didnt mean anything. So something that allowed biologists to look at the ultrastructure of tissues was totally useless. At that time biology was not a study of histology or anatomy, but of ecology and interaction between species.
Horribly flawed question, though I suspect your teacher/prof doesn't even realize it.
2006-10-02 20:28:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Before the invention of microscopes, people had no idea that microorganisms exist. To them, the organisms were those they could see with their naked eye.
They probably did not even entertain the thought that living organisms could be smaller than what their eyes could see. So, the invention of an instrument that enabled them to see such tiny things did not interest the biologists of that time who were preoccupied with the larger, macroscopic organisms.
2006-10-03 00:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by mad g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they only heard of the microscope, and did not actually see it, there was proabably a fear of something new. They would wonder if it was really possible to see such tiny parts, when they could not see it with the human eye.
Often, even among scientists who should know better, there is a fear of the new.
2006-10-02 23:40:01 · answer #3 · answered by RjKardo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋