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Under the Microscope: A Brief History of Microscopy

Book information

Publisher
WS
Year
2006
ISBN
9810237812, 9789810237813
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (2250235 bytes)
Pages
152\152
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2012-08-21 20:00:00

Description

This is a brief history of the development of microscopy, from the use of beads and water droplets in ancient Greece, through the simple magnifying glass, to the modern compound microscope. The technology and optical theory are developed in a straightforward manner, and this leads to a description and explanation of the most modern technologies in electron microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy as well as the new scanning probe microscopies. A series of very interesting applications of the various microscopic techniques are described. The most recent pioneering techniques in near field and confocal optical microscope technologies are described and evaluated for their future importance.

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