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This chapter will attempt to describe some of the diverse instrumentation that collectively comprises the field referred to as electron microscopy. The discussion will begin with a brief history of the development of instruments, trace the evolution of biological applications and finally speculate about a relatively new instrument, the scanning tunneling microscope (STM) which, in the near future, may allow the biologist to visualize routinely structure at the atomic level.
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Wergin, W.P. (1988). Current developments and future trends in electron microscopy. In: Beecher, G.R. (eds) Research Instrumentation for the 21st Century. Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2748-3_7
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