Word: leeuwenhoek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cornerstone of 17th century scientific investigation; well aware of it, Vermeer laid out his paintings in a wizardly arrangement of planes, lines, cubes and cones. He also used the camera obscura, a forerunner of photography. In all probability, he was introduced to it by his fellow townsman Anton van Leeuwenhoek, inventor of a microscope, pioneer in optical research, and thought by some critics to be the young scholar portrayed in The Astronomer...