Germ theory was presented by:
Correct answer: A. Robert Koch
- A. Robert Koch
- B. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- C. Robert Hooke
- D. Robert Brown
Explanation
Proposing the germ theory of disease was the crowning achievement of the French scientist Robert Koch. Robert Hooke discovered the Law of Elasticity (or Hooke's Law) and did a huge amount of work on cell theory. Robert Brown used a microscope to describe the nucleus of a cell. He also developed the idea of what is now called the Brownian motion which explained the random movement of minute particles in a fluid.
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