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Introduction to Light Microscopy (Royal Microscopical Society Microscopy Handbooks)
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Product Description
This book provides detailed and fully illustrated advice on choosing and using the appropriate type of light microscope for a particular application.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #183043 in Books
- Published on: 1998-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 136 pages
Editorial Reviews
From the Back Cover
Introduction to light microscopy explains in straightforward language why we need to use a microscope, the interactions of light with matter and the use of the stereo low power microscope. Subsequent chapters describe the high power compound microscope,
Customer Reviews
Dated, but the best that I am aware of
This is an excellent book for serious microscopists.
When it was written, it would have been worth four or even five stars.
It is a great shame that it has not been updated.
Contents: Introduction, The hand lens, Low power stereomicroscopes, Compound microscopes, Basic concepts, Illumination, Practical uses.
This book is outdated, and the contents list does not do it justice.
It is nonetheless the best text for a serious light microscopist that I am aware of. It is not for the beginner, and certainly not for a child who got a "toy" microscope for Christmas.
Much of the information is timeless (eg basic principals like lens arrangements and Kohler illumination), and well worth reading.
If it were updated with modern advances like parallel beam technology, ergonomics, and a few more tips and tricks this book would be back to a five star rating.
There may a better book for serious light microscopists, but I haven't found it yet. If you have, please let me know!
Martin Peters
