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| UNDERSTANDING THE LIGHT MICROSCOPE
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A Computer-Aided Introduction
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By
D. Goldstein, University of Sheffield, UK
Description
Understanding the Light Microscope consists of four original computer programs with an explanatory book. Author Dan Goldstein
says using the programs can teach aspects of microscopy and diffraction often missed from formal courses, adding, "... what one non-mathematician
has created should not be beyond the understanding of others!" The book aims to provide understanding at a level deeper than customary
in existing texts and in a form accessible to microscope users, particularly biologists. It covers simple ray optics, the aberrations
of "real" (thick) lenses, polarized light, and the influence of diffraction on imaging. The book can be read alone, but appreciation
of its contents is greatly enhanced when used in conjunction with the programs.
D J Goldstein was a Nuffield Dominion Travelling Fellow
at Oxford University and a visiting Professor in Pittsburgh. He taught at the Universities of the Witwatersrand (Johannesburg, South
Africa) and Sheffield (UK) while publishing research in embryology, histology, immunology, histochemistry and microscopy. Since retiring
in 1989 as Reader in Anatomy at Sheffield University, he has been an independent research worker in biomedical science.
Audience
Medical, biological, biomedical, and optics postgrads and researchers; undergraduates using microscopes; microscopy courses; industrial
researchers in optics and microscopy companies; pathologists; enthusiastic amateurs; materials scientists.
Contents
Diagrams in the Text. Preface. Simple Ray Optics (The Kohler Program). Lenses and Lens Aberrations (The Snellius Program). Elementary
Diffraction Theory (Mainly Due to Abbe). Extension of the Abbe Theory to Transparent Objects (Zernike's Phase Contrast). Function of
the Microscope Condenser--Partially Coherent Illumination. Interference Contrast. Dark-Field and Related Techniques. Gegenfeld.'Modulation
Contrast'. Apodization. Fluorescence. Confocal Scanning. Microdensitometry. Polarized Light (The Nicol Program). How the Zernike Program
Works. How to Use the Zernike Program. Some Suggested Exercises Using the Zernike Program. Bibliography. Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 160 pages, publication date: AUG-1999
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-288660-7
ISBN-10: 0-12-288660-7
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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