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THIS little book can be confidently recommended to those for whom it is written—the biologist and others seeking information about a new tool and the layman interested in recent scientific advances. It contains a non-mathematical account of the principles underlying the construction of an electron microscope. Starting with a description of the properties of an optical lens and the formation of an image by rays of light, the book proceeds to develop the analogy with electron lenses of both magnetic and electrostatic type. The account is at all times clear and simple ; and the large number of illustrations and plates make the book easy to read and to understand.
The Electron Microscope
By Dr. V. E. Cosslett. (Sigma Introduction to Science, 8.) Pp. viii + 128 + 12 plates. (London: Sigma Books, Ltd., 1947.) 7s. 6d. net.
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P., G. The Electron Microscope. Nature 161, 955 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161955a0
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