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Transmission Electron Microscopy

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When considering the development of electron microscopes, it is useful to recognize the antecedents from the realm of light microscopy. The concepts of electron optics underlying electron microscopes are primarily extrapolations from the physics of light optics.

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    Michael J. Dykstra

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Dykstra, M.J. (1992). Transmission Electron Microscopy. In: Biological Electron Microscopy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0010-6_5

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