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Author Croft, William J.

Title Under the microscope : a brief history of microscopy / William J. Croft
Published Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2006
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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 138 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series Series in popular science ; v. 5
Series in popular science ; v. 5.
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Microscopy -- History
SCIENCE -- Microscopes & Microscopy.
Microscopy
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007272905
ISBN 9789812774903
9812774904