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Under the microscope : a brief history of microscopy / William J. Croft

Author
Croft, William J.
Published
Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, [2006]
Copyright Date
©2006
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages) : illustrations (some color).
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Contents
I. Light and the ancient Greeks -- II. Early microscopies -- III. Early microscopists -- IV. Polarized light and crystals -- V. The polarizing microscope -- VI. Reflected light microscopy -- VII. Particles and waves -- VIII. The electron microscope -- IX. The scanning electron microscope -- X. Chemical composition from microscopy -- XI. Scanning probe microscopies -- XII. Acoustic microscopy -- XIII. Future microscopies.
Summary
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 a.
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ISBN
9789812774903 (electronic bk.)
9812774904 (electronic bk.)
9810237812
9789810237813
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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