Brian J. Ford
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Research biologist, Cambridgeshire, England, and fellow of Cardiff University, Wales. Author of Using the Digital Microscope and many books explaining and popularizing science.
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Electron microscope, microscope that attains extremely high resolution using an electron beam instead of a beam of light to illuminate the object of study. Fundamental research by many physicists in the first quarter of the 20th century suggested that cathode rays (i.e., electrons) might be used in…
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