MIT Open Learning on Instagram: "🔬 How long have scientists been using microscopes to study the tiny worlds beneath our fingers? If you guessed the 1600s, you'd be right! @mitdmse Prof. Lorna Gibson shows the incredible detail from the first published book of microscopic structures. These illustrations are remarkably similar to the images high tech microscopes produce today! 🔎 Keep learning about materials science with Prof. Gibson on MIT Learn (link in bio.) #Microscope #Microscopic #Material