Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Ziso roMuoni. rakanyorwa naLaura J. Snyder. (Head of Zeus, £25) Mufambiro wesainzi yechisiko yechiDutch Antoni van Leeuwenhoek wakanga usiri chinhu kunze kwokunyanyisa. Muna 1677, pazera remakore 41, akatanga kuedza kunotyisa zvikuru, achishandisa muviri wake senguruve yokuedza. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (ari pamufananidzo) akashandisa muviri wake sechinhu chokuedza kuedza. Akatora nhunzi nhatu, akadziisa pakati pebvudzi remhuru yake, akaputira sokisi rakasimba zvokuti zvipembenene zvacho zvakanga zvakasungirirwa pagumbo rake uye ipapo akasiya sokisi racho uye haana kugeza kwamazuva matanhatu. Pazuva rechinomwe, akabvisa masokisi uye akaverenga mazai anopfuura 80 asi hapana mhashu duku. Nokuda kwokunzwisisa, kuiswa masokisi kwakaenderera mberi kwemamwe mazuva matatu. Pakupedzisira, masokisi akabva abviswa kuti aratidze kuti paiva nemamota anenge 25 akanga achimhanya-mhanya achikwira nokudzika gumbo rake. <unk>Kuona idzi nhunzi duku kwakandiita kuti ndivenge masokisi acho zvikuru, <unk> akanyora kudaro, <unk> zvokuti ndakaakandira kunze nepahwindo, pamwe chete nenhunzi dzose dzaiva maari.<unk> Akatsvaira makumbo ake nechando, akabva atora chinyoreso chake kuti averenge mwero wokuberekwa kwembeva. Akafungidzira kuti mapara maviri emamota aigona kubereka vana 10 000 mumavhiki masere chete. Nepo Leeuwenhoeck akanga akabatikana kudaro, mumwe muDutch mukuru, Johannes Vermeer, akanga akatsunga pafundo dzake amene dzakanaka zvikuru mumusha wake kurutivi rwakapesana rwenzvimbo yemusika yeDelft. Akapfeka jira dema, Vermeer akapedza maawa akawanda achinyatsotarira mukati mebhokisi rakafanana nekamera obscura, yakatanga kushandiswa pakutora mifananidzo. Iyi yaiva kamuri rematanda risingapindi chiedza rine buri kana kuti lens kune rumwe rutivi, raigona kushandiswa kuratidza mufananidzo wechiitiko pane ndiro yegirazi kana kuti rusvingo. Dzakanga dzashandiswa pakuita mitambo yemapati uye pakuona kuora kwezuva asi dzakanga dzichiwedzera kushandiswa nevanyori vemifananidzo kuti vaite kuti mifananidzo iite seyechokwadi kupfuura nakare kose. Kuedza kwevarume vaviri ava ndiko kunotaurwa nezvazvo mubhuku idzva renhoroondo yaLaura J. Snyder. Anobvunza mubvunzo unonakidza: Vermeer naLeeuwenhoek, avo vakaberekwa muvhiki imwe cheteyo, vaigona here kurarama ndokushanda upenyu hwavo hwose munharaunda isina zvakawanda...
Pazera ramakore 41, van Leeuwenhoek akashandisa muviri wake senguruve yokuedza mukuedza. Vermeer akapedza maawa akawanda achinyatsotarira mukati mebhokisi rakafanana nekamera obscura. Ko Vermeer navan Leeuwenhoek vangave vakafuridzirana basa here?