Microscopy a very short introduction /

Using light, electrons, or X-rays, microscopes today form a vital tool not only in biology but in many other disciplines, including materials science and nanotechnology. In this Very Short Introduction Terence Allen describes the scientific principles behind the main forms of microscopy, and the exc...

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Main Author: Allen, Terence D. (Terence David), 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 430.
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Table of Contents:
  • Microscopy and the discovery of a new world
  • A spectrum of microscopies
  • Light microscopy : from Abbe to superresolution
  • Identifying what we see
  • Electron microscopy and the dawn of atomic resolution
  • The electron microscopy of surfaces
  • Magnification by other routes
  • The impact of microscopy.