title: Assembling the building blocks of cell theory.
abstract: Changes of scientific paradigms happen with the emergence of new theories, like the cell theory in the 19th century. These new conceptions are the result of a collective work occurring over decades or centuries. Scientists who participate in these important mutations are fully in tune with their time, even when they are considered precursors, and it is always difficult to judge how far they were right and how far they were wrong.
authors.affiliation: Centre Cavaillès de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, 29 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France. glamb@noos.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lambert
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001695:Biology / Q000266:history*; D003585:Cell Biology / Q000266:history*; D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D002477:Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D019370:Observation