Scanning Electron Microscopy in Biology. A Student's Atlas on Biological Organization. Corrected Reprint of the First Edition.

KESSEL, R. G. & C. Y. SHIH.

ISBN 10: 3540067248 / ISBN 13: 9783540067245

Published by Bln Springer-Verlag, 1976

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4to. 357 Seiten, 22 Fig., 132 Tafeln. Illustr. Orig.-Pappband. Sprache: Englischg 1,500 gr.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scanning Electron Microscopy in Biology. A Student's Atlas on Biological Organization. Corrected Reprint of the First Edition.
• Publisher: Bln Springer-Verlag
• Publication Date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 3540067248
• ISBN 13: 9783540067245
• Binding: Illustr. Orig.-Pappband.
• Edition: 0.
• Weight: 1500 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

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Synopsis

In the continuing quest to explore structure and to relate struc­ tural organization to functional significance, the scientist has developed a vast array of microscopes. The scanning electron microscope (SEM) represents a recent and important advance in the development of useful tools for investigating the structural organization of matter. Recent progress in both technology and methodology has resulted in numerous biological publications in which the SEM has been utilized exclusively or in connection with other types of microscopes to reveal surface as well as intracellular details in plant and animal tissues and organs. Because of the resolution and depth of focus presented in the SEM photograph when compared, for example, with that in the light microscope photographs, images recorded with the SEM have widely circulated in newspapers, periodicals and scientific journals in recent times. Considering the utility and present status of scanning electron microscopy, it seemed to us to be a particularly appropriate time to assemble a text-atlas dealing with biological applications of scanning electron microscopy so that such information might be presented to the student and to others not yet familiar with its capabilities in teaching and research. The major goal of this book, therefore, has been to assemble material that would be useful to those students beginning their study of botany or zoo­ logy, as well as to beginning medical students and students in advanced biology courses.