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Aberrations and Artifacts Confound Optical Resolution

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In this chapter I encourage critical thinking, a skeptical approach to data, and continuous questioning, which are the key characteristics of a scientist. From the early history of microscopes people questioned the validity of observations and warned about artifacts (Baker, 1769). Are the extremely small objects that are observed with a microscope artifacts?

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  1. Previously, Visiting Scientist Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Barry R. Masters

  2. Previously, Visiting Scholar Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Barry R. Masters

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Masters, B.R. (2020). Aberrations and Artifacts Confound Optical Resolution. In: Superresolution Optical Microscopy. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 227. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21691-7_3

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