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The discovery of blood cells in the human body paved the way for advanced studies in cell biology. Early discovery of genes in volved in human development by Edward Lewis, Christine Nusslein and Eric Wieschaus in 1995 is a clear demonstration of the importance of microscopes in the life sciences.
Historians credit the invention of the compound microscope to the Dutch spectacle maker, Zacharias Janssen, around the year 1590. The compound microscope uses lenses and light to enlarge the image and is also called an optical or light microscope (vs./ an electron microscope). The simplest optical microscope is the magnifying glass and is good to about ten times (10X) magnification.