Scanning probe microscopes feature prominently in the history of nanotechnology but, as a recent book on the subject makes clear, this history could have been very different. Chris Toumey explains.
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Toumey, C. Probing the history of nanotechnology. Nature Nanotech 7, 205–206 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2012.47
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