The invention of the microscope revealed the invisible and enabled new fields of biomedical research. Explore a small history of microscopy, from Robert Hooke’s Micrographia to the electron microscope, through artifacts in the Becker special collections including the first electron microscope used in a biomedical investigation in the U.S.

On display now through Oct. 21, 2022 in Becker Library’s Glaser Gallery, 7^th floor.