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Drops of water

In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.

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The shape of thought

Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s description of the moment in 1887 when he saw a brain cell for the first time never fails to move neuroscientist Richard Wingate to tears. Here he captures that enduring sense of wonder.

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Going viral

The death of a close friend made David Jesudason want to know more about viruses and the people who first discover them. Here, he puts both under the microscope.

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The anatomy of a brain dissection

Dissecting the brain after death not only helps confirm a diagnosis, but it can also teach us so much more about the symptoms and causes of brain diseases and how to treat them.

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  • Riddell's Binocular microscope, 1853-1854. This microscope initiated the modern development of the microscope.
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  • Binocular microscope.
  • Binocular microscope.
  • Binocular microscope.
  • Darwin's single microscope
  • Illustration of Lister's microscope.
  • Compound microscope by Joblot.
  • Toxoplasmosis: ewe's placenta, microscope
  • The original Culpeper microscope.
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