The document discusses the history and development of cell theory. It describes how early microscopes allowed Robert Hooke and Anton van Leeuwenhoek to first observe "cells" and living cells. The development of electron microscopes provided higher resolutions. Matthias Schleiden, Theodor Schwann, and Rudolph Virchow established the three main points of cell theory - that all living things are made of cells, cells are the basic units of structure and function, and new cells are produced from existing cells. The document then describes the diversity of cell sizes, shapes, and internal structures between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.