The Invention that Transformed How We See the World | BBC Earth Science

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek built small handmade lenses and instruments that let him observe a world of tiny organisms no one had seen before. The clip, taken from the 2009 BBC series The Cell, looks at how his discoveries through these lenses later changed scientific understanding of life. The video is presented by BBC Earth Science and is part of its Earth Lab collection of science clips. The description gives no further detail on his specific findings or methods.

• Antoni van Leeuwenhoek and the lenses he built
• Microscopic life revealed through his instruments
• Excerpt from The Cell (2009), BBC Earth Science

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek built tiny instruments that revealed a world no one had seen before. What he found through his lenses would change our understanding of life forever. This clip is from The Cell (2009). Best of Earth Science: http://bit.ly/EarthLabOriginals Best of BBC Earth: http://bit.ly/TheBestOfBBCEarthVideos This is a channel from BBC Studios who help fund new BBC programmes. Service information and feedback: http://bbcworldwide.com/vod-feedback--contact-details.aspx