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==The history of the microscope== | ==The history of the microscope== | ||
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* [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html Microscopy Special.] ''Nature News Specials'' 3 June 2009. | * [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html Microscopy Special.] ''Nature News Specials'' 3 June 2009. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:00, 5 October 2010
The microscope is an instrument that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, small (or microscopic) means below the spatial resolution of the human eye (around 100μm).
The history of the microscope
Light microscopes
Electron microscopes
Scanning
Transmission
Tunneling
Confocal microscopes
Other kinds of microscopes
Micro-CT
Magnetic Resonance Microscopy
Further reading
- Microscopy Special. Nature News Specials 3 June 2009.