The Cell Theory of Life

What is life? An 18th-century debate pitting mechanism against vitalism was resolved, literally, when new microscopes of the early 19th century were used to proclaim in the late 1830s that cells were the building blocks of all living things. The view that cells were the "atoms" of life, in turn, provoked a search for what within the cell is the essence of life.

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  • Originally Aired January 1, 2008
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Created December 17, 2018 by
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