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Under the microscope : a brief history of microscopy /
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 a...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific,
Ã2006.
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| Series: | Series in popular science ;
v. 5. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.