The document discusses different types of microscopes used in biology and medicine, including microscopes invented by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek and Robert Hooke that used simple lenses to magnify objects, as well as compound microscopes, transmission electron microscopes, and scanning electron microscopes, which use electrons rather than light and allow observation of cell structures at much higher magnifications. Key images show early microscope designs as well as examples of cells and structures observed using different microscope technologies.