
The Beginnings of Electron Microscopy - Part 1
- 1st Edition, Volume 220 - October 13, 2021
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Peter W. Hawkes, Martin Hÿtch
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 5 0 7 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 1 5 0 8 - 3
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Request a sales quoteThe Beginnings of Electron Microscopy - Part 1, Volume 220 in the Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Electron-optical Research at the AEG Forschungs-Institut 1928-1940, On the History of Scanning Electron Microscopy, of the Electron Microprobe, and of Early Contributions to Transmission Electron Microscopy, Random Recollections of the Early Days, Early History of Electron Microscopy in Czechoslovakia, Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in Electron, Megavolt Electron Microscopy, Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Ultramicrotomy: Reminiscences and Reflections, and much more.
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- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Foreword to first edition
- Preface by Ernst Ruska
- Chapter One: Electron-optical research at the AEG Forschungs-Institut 1928–1940
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Short biographies of some of the people at the institute
- 3. Research on electron optics, 1928–1940
- 4. References from the book Zehn Jahre Elektronenmikroskopie
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Two: On the history of scanning electron microscopy, of the electron microprobe, and of early contributions to transmission electron microscopy
- Abstract
- 1. Scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe
- 2. Early contributions to transmission electron microscopy
- 3. Conclusion
- 4. Afterword by Peter Hawkes
- 5. Appreciation by Tom Mulvey
- References
- Chapter Three: A pioneer of electron microscopy: Hans Boersch (1909–1986)
- Abstract
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Four: Raymond Castaing (1921–1998)
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Obituary
- 3. The “father” of microanalysis: Raymond Castaing, creator of a generation of scientific instruments, still in worldwide operation by Christian Colliex
- 4. Endnote
- References
- Chapter Five: Random recollections of the early days
- Abstract
- 1. How I came into the subject
- 2. These I met along the way
- 3. Aid from America
- 4. Final word
- 5. Afterword by Peter Hawkes
- References
- Chapter Six: Early history of electron microscopy in Czechoslovakia
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Construction of the first electron microscope in Czechoslovakia
- 3. Desk transmission electron microscope BS 242
- 4. Production of electron microscopes in Czechoslovakia
- 5. Conclusion
- 6. Appendix A: bibliography of related publications
- 7. Appendix B: publications from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science in Brno (in Czech)
- 8. Afterword by B. Lencová: Remembering Delong, Drahoš and Zobač
- References
- Chapter Seven: Personal reminiscences of early days in electron microscopy
- Abstract
- 1. Preamble
- 2. Beginnings in Britain
- 3. The microscope at the Shirley Institute
- 4. Inconveniences of early electron microscopes
- 5. Group contacts in Britain during the war
- 6. Immediate postwar conferences in Europe
- 7. Specimen preparation and “the practice of electron microscopy”
- 8. Grids
- 9. A problem with photographic plates
- 10. Capabilities and use of electron microscopes during the war
- 11. Shadowcasting
- 12. Section cutting
- 13. Replicas and metallurgy
- 14. Optics of the electron microscope
- 15. Later instrumental developments
- 16. Conclusion
- 17. Gordon Drummond in Australia
- References
- Chapter Eight: Megavolt electron microscopy
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Early developments in electron microscopy
- 3. How I came to electron microscopy
- 4. Megavolt electron microscopy
- 5. Applications of HVEM
- 6. Resolution and contrast in megavolt electron microscopy
- 7. Future prospects
- 8. Afterword by Peter Hawkes
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Nine: Cryo-electron microscopy and ultramicrotomy: reminiscences and reflections
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Nobel Institute for Physics
- 3. The diamond knife
- 4. The Venezuelan Institute for Neurology and Brain Research
- 5. Low-temperature electron microscopy and ultramicrotomy
- 6. Cryo-electron microscopy
- 7. Reflections and outlook
- 8. Afterword by Peter Hawkes
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter Ten: Dennis Gabor
- Abstract
- 1. Early life
- 2. College life
- 3. Research in Germany and Hungary
- 4. Research in the British Thomson-Houston Company, 1934–48
- 5. Mullard readership in electronics: Imperial College 1949–58
- 6. Professorship at Imperial College, 1958–67
- 7. Retirement
- 8. Honours
- List of publications by Dennis Gabor
- Chapter Eleven: The French electrostatic electron microscope (1941–1952)
- Abstract
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electron optics in occupied France
- 3. The liberation of the North of France and the transition to peace
- 4. Afterword by Peter Hawkes
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 220
- Published: October 13, 2021
- No. of pages (Hardback): 450
- No. of pages (eBook): 450
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323915076
- eBook ISBN: 9780323915083
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