这几年，我们常常会用“列文虎克”来调侃那些观察细致入微的人。而真正的列文虎克是谁呢？他就是安东尼·列文虎克，他是荷兰显微镜学家、微生物学的开拓者。由于他勤奋及本人特有的天赋，相传列文虎克虽然没有受过专门的科学训练，但非常有好奇心，喜欢捣鼓透镜，把什么都放到镜片下观察一下。之后他最先发现了微生物，也最早记录肌纤维、微血管中血流的人。科学知识无处不在，我们也要努力成为“列文虎克”，学着去发现生活现象背后的科学知识哦！
Microbes are in us, on us and all around us.
They have a wide range of functions.
They can cause the decay of materials, ferment sugar to make wine and produce antibiotics.
But did you know the discoverer of microbes wasn't a scientist?
He was a draper.
Drapers used magnifying glasses to inspect the quality of their fabrics.
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was a draper, a merchant who unhappy with those lenses, taught himself glass making.
He created high quality tiny glass spheres that could magnify objects up to two hundred and seventy times.
His microscopes were less than two inches long and were used by holding one side close to the tiny lens and looking at the sample suspended on a pin.
As a good merchant, he needs to keep his microscope secret but that wouldn't be possible for long.
