The World of the Microscope
Author: Chris Oxlade
Publisher: Usborne Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780794515249
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the microscope with colored illustrations, projects, and activities.
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Dictionary of Microscopy
Author: Julian P. Heath
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2005-09-12
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe past decade has seen huge advances in the application of microscopy in all areas of science. This welcome development in microscopy has been paralleled by an expansion of the vocabulary of technical terms used in microscopy: terms have been coined for new instruments and techniques and, as microscopes reach even higher resolution, the use of terms that relate to the optical and physical principles underpinning microscopy is now commonplace. The Dictionary of Microscopy was compiled to meet this challenge and provides concise definitions of over 2,500 terms used in the fields of light microscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, x-ray microscopy and related techniques. Written by Dr Julian P. Heath, Editor of Microscopy and Analysis (http://www.microscopy-analysis.com), the dictionary is intended to provide easy navigation through the microscopy terminology and to be a first point of reference for definitions of new and established terms. The Dictionary of Microscopy is an essential, accessible resource for: students who are new to the field and are learning about microscopes equipment purchasers who want an explanation of the terms used in manufacturers' literature scientists who are considering using a new microscopical technique experienced microscopists as an aide mémoire or quick source of reference librarians, the press and marketing personnel who require definitions for technical reports.
Micrographia
Author: Robert Hooke
Publisher:
Published: 1665
Total Pages: 394
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt one time, Hooke was a research assistant to Robert Boyle. He is believed to be one of the greatest inventive geniuses of all time and constructed one of the most famous of the early compound microscopes.
Basic Methods in Microscopy
Author: David L. Spector
Publisher: CSHL Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0879697512
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis manual contains selected material from Cells - a Laboratory Manual, as well as two chapters from Live Cell Imaging. It includes sections on microscopy, and on preparing and labelling specimens for microscopy.
Light and Video Microscopy
Author: Randy O. Wayne
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 2013-12-16
Total Pages: 373
ISBN-13: 0124115365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe purpose of this book is to provide the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy. Light and Video Microscopy will prepare the reader for the accurate interpretation of an image and understanding of the living cell. With the presentation of geometrical optics, it will assist the reader in understanding image formation and light movement within the microscope. It also provides an explanation of the basic modes of light microscopy and the components of modern electronic imaging systems and guides the reader in determining the physicochemical information of living and developing cells, which influence interpretation. - Brings together mathematics, physics, and biology to provide a broad and deep understanding of the light microscope - Clearly develops all ideas from historical and logical foundations - Laboratory exercises included to assist the reader with practical applications - Microscope discussions include: bright field microscope, dark field microscope, oblique illumination, phase-contrast microscope, photomicrography, fluorescence microscope, polarization microscope, interference microscope, differential interference microscope, and modulation contrast microscope
An Introduction to Microscopy
Author: Suzanne Bell
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2009-10-21
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 1439882436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMicroscopy, which has served as a fundamental scientific technique for centuries, remains an invaluable tool in chemistry, biology, healthcare, and forensics. Increasingly, it is being integrated into modern chemical instrumentation and is of value as a powerful analytical tool across many scientific disciplines. Designed to serve as a primary reso
Video Microscopy
Author: Shinya Inoue
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2013-11-11
Total Pages: 600
ISBN-13: 1475769253
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEver since television became practical in the early 1950s, closed-circuit television (CCTV) in conjunction with the light microscope has provided large screen display, raised image contrast, and made the images formed by ultraviolet and infrared rays visible. With the introduction of large-scale integrated circuits in the last decade, TV equipment has improved by leaps and bounds, as has its application in microscopy. With modem CCTV, sometimes with the help of digital computers, we can distill the image from a scene that appears to be nothing but noise; capture fluorescence too dim to be seen; visualize structures far below the limit of resolution; crispen images hidden in fog; measure, count, and sort objects; and record in time-lapsed and high-speed sequences through the light microscope without great difficulty. In fact, video is becoming indispensable for harnessing the fullest capacity of the light microscope, a capacity that itself is much greater than could have been envisioned just a few years ago. The time seemed ripe then to review the basics of video, and of microscopy, and to examine how the two could best be combined to accomplish these tasks. The Marine Biological Laboratory short courses on Analytical and Quantitative Light Microscopy in Biology, Medicine, and the Materials Sciences, and the many inquiries I received on video microscopy, supported such an effort, and Kirk Jensen of Plenum Press persuaded me of its worth.
Essentials of Polarized Light Microscopy and Ancillary Techniques
Author: John Gustav Delly
Publisher:
Published: 2019-09-09
Total Pages: 702
ISBN-13: 9780578527833
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis manual of essentials details the setup and operation of a polarized light microscope for microscopic particle characterization and identification using an approach to applied polarized light microscopy required for applications including industrial problem solving, contaminant identification, trace evidence analysis, and much more.
Under the Microscope
Author: William J. Croft
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9810237812
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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 and confocal optical microscope technologies are described and evaluated for their future importance.
The Usborne Complete Book of the Microscope
Author: Kirsteen Rogers
Publisher:
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9780746077498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBreathtaking photographs reveal the secrets of the micro world, from algae to atoms, dust to GNA, and flies' eyes to flu viruses. Ages 9+.
