In September 2008 at Kauffman Stadium, Bol Bol accompanied his father, Manute Bol, who was being honored for his work with Sudanese refugees. File photo by John Sleezer The Kansas City Star. Portrait of Bol Bol, son of former NBA star Manute Bol. Bol is a 6'-10'' freshman at Bishop Miege High School.
The cell was discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665, who named the biological units for their resemblance to cells inhabited by Christian monks in a monastery.
The modern version of the cell theory includes the ideas that: Energy flow occurs within cells. Heredity information is passed on from cell to cell. All cells have the same basic chemical composition. Opposing concepts in cell theory: history and background. The cell was first discovered by Robert Hooke in 1665 using a microscope. The first cell theory is credited to the work of Theodor Schwann and Matthias Jakob Schleiden in the 1830s. In this theory the internal contents of cells were called protoplasm and described as a jelly-like substance, sometimes called living jelly.