microscope: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Informative works on the history of the microscope include Robert Hooke, Micrographia (1665, reissued 1961); B.J. Ford, Single Lens, Story of the Simple Microscope (1985); Clifford Dobell, Antony van Leeuwenhoek and His “Little Animals” (1932, reissued 1960); and Savile Bradbury, The Evolution of the Microscope (1967).

General surveys of the subject, with details on features and applications, are found in T.G. Rochow and E.G. Rochow, An Introduction to Microscopy by Means of Light, Electrons, X-Rays, or Ultrasound (1978); E.A. Ash, Scanned Image Microscopy (1980); W.G. Hartley, The Light Microscope (1993); Jeremy Burgess, Michael Marten, and Rosemary Taylor, Microcosmos (1987); and R.J. Oldfield, Light Microscopy: An Illustrated Guide (1994).

Shinya Inoue and K.R. Spring, Video Microscopy: The Fundamentals (1997), is a key work in its field.

Robert R. Shannon Brian J. Ford

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Microscopes. Dec 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Anatomy and Physiology I: An Interactive Histology Atlas - The Microscope. Oct 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Microscopy. Jul 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Science Museum - The Microscope. May 30, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Hawaii - The Microscope. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Microscopes. Dec 21, 2023
Add new Web site: Molecular Expressions - Introduction to Microscopy. Apr 27, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - Introduction to the Microscope. Jan 05, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Microscopes. Apr 10, 2022
New media added. Aug 20, 2020
Top Questions updated. Mar 18, 2020
Add new Web site: Inventors and Inventions - The Microscope. Nov 20, 2019
Cross-references added. Sep 12, 2019
Added an image of a researcher using a scanning electron microscope. Sep 12, 2019
Corrected display issue. Jun 15, 2018
Media added. Mar 22, 2018
Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Things You Cannot See: Microscopic Life. Dec 29, 2016
Add new Web site: University of Hawai‘i - Laboratory in General Microbiology - Microscopy. Mar 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Hillsborough Community College - Microscopy. Mar 28, 2016
Add new Web site: Gustavus Adolphus College - Cell Biology Laboratory Manual - The Microscope. Mar 28, 2016
Add new Web site: University of Cambridge - Whipple Museum - Microscopes. Mar 04, 2016
Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Microscope. Mar 04, 2016
Add new Web site: Live Science - Who Invented the Microscope? Mar 04, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Microscope. Mar 22, 2013
Added image of Nikon TE2000 Inverted Research Microscope. Apr 13, 2010
Added image of confocal microscope. Dec 10, 2009
Diagrams of various kinds of microscopes added. Dec 10, 2009
Added image of a phase-contrast microscope. Dec 10, 2009
Table converted to new format Aug 08, 2008
Article revised and updated. May 02, 2008
Bibliography revised and updated. May 02, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Dayton - History of the Microscope.
  • Gaurav Shukla
Feb 02, 2007
Article revised. Aug 25, 2000
Article revised. Jul 31, 2000
Article revised. Jun 29, 2000
Article added to new online database. Jul 26, 1999
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