Contributors |
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Foreword |
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Foreword to first edition |
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Preface |
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Afterword |
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References |
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1 Electron-optical research at the AEG Forschungs-lnstitut 1928-1940 |
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2 Short biographies of some of the people at the institute |
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3 Research on electron optics, 1928-1940 |
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3.1 Gas-concentrated electron beams |
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3.2 Basic studies of electron optics |
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3.3 Emission electron microscopes |
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3.6 Transmission electron microscopes |
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4 References from the book Zehn Jahre Elektronenmikroskopie |
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2 On the history of scanning electron microscopy, of the electron microprobe, and of early contributions to transmission electron microscopy |
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1 Scanning electron microscopy, electron microprobe |
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2 Early contributions to transmission electron microscopy |
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2.1 The first stereo electron microscope |
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2.2 Exchangeable objective systems for stereo-imaging, specimen heating, specimen cooling, specimen reactions, and specimen analysis |
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2.3 The beginning of extra-high-voltage electron microscopy |
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2.4 Electron microcinematography with the aid of a vacuum film camera |
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2.5 The beginning of the electronic preparation technique, first specimen holder foils, first thin sections cut by the wedge-cut microtome, first specimen staining with the help of the osmium method |
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2.6 Discoveries with the aid of the electron microscope, the fili form nature of myosin, the fiber structure of the developed silver bromide grain |
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4 Afterword by Peter Hawkes |
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5 Appreciation by Tom Mulvey |
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3 A pioneer of electron microscopy: Hans Boersch (1909-1986) |
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51 | (14) |
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4 Raymond Castaing (1921-1998) |
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3 The "father" of microanalysis: Raymond Castaing, creator of a generation of scientific instruments, still in worldwide operation by Christian Colliex |
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5 Random recollections of the early days |
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1 How I came into the subject |
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1.2 University College, London |
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1.4 Birkbeck College, London |
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2 These I met along the way |
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2.2 Contacts with European colleagues |
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2.3 Other European colleagues |
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5 Afterword by Peter Hawkes |
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6 Early history of electron microscopy in Czechoslovakia |
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2 Construction of the first electron microscope in Czechoslovakia |
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3 Desk transmission electron microscope BS 242 |
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4 Production of electron microscopes in Czechoslovakia |
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6 Appendix A: bibliography of related publications |
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7 Appendix B: publications from the Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Czechoslovak Academy of Science in Brno (in Czech) |
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8 Afterword by B. Lencova: Remembering Delong, Drahos and Zobac |
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7 Personal reminiscences of early days in electron microscopy |
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3 The microscope at the Shirley Institute |
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4 Inconveniences of early electron microscopes |
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5 Group contacts in Britain during the war |
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6 Immediate postwar conferences in Europe |
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7 Specimen preparation and "the practice of electron microscopy" |
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9 A problem with photographic plates |
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10 Capabilities and use of electron microscopes during the war |
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13 Replicas and metallurgy |
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14 Optics of the electron microscope |
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15 Later instrumental developments |
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17 Gordon Drummond in Australia |
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17.1 Great Moment 2: `The First Director, Dr D. Gordon Drummond' |
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17.2 Great Moment 3: `The early days of the Electron Microscope Unit' |
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8 Megavolt electron microscopy |
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2 Early developments in electron microscopy |
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2.1 The birth of the electron microscope |
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2.2 The role of wave mechanics |
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3 How I came to electron microscopy |
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3.1 My first research work in electron microscopy |
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3.3 My administrative career |
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4 Megavolt electron microscopy |
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4.1 The one-million-volt electron microscope |
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4.2 The three-million-volt electron microscope |
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4.3 High-voltage supplies |
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4.4 HVEM development worldwide |
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5.5 Metallurgy and materials science |
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5.6 Biological applications |
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6 Resolution and contrast in megavolt electron microscopy |
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6.3 Resolution in dark field |
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9 Cryo-Electron Microscopy and Ultra Microtomy: Reminiscences and Reflections |
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2 The Nobel Institute for Physics |
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2.1 Professor Manne Siegbahn |
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2.2 The Siegbahn electron microscope |
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2.3 Electron microscopy of anterior lobe cells of the rat hypophysis |
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3.1 Development of the diamond knife |
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3.2 The diamond knife and ultramicrotome |
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3.3 Applications of the diamond knife |
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4 The Venezuelan Institute for Neurology and Brain Research |
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4.1 Foundation and research activities |
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4.2 International symposium on nerve ultrastructure and function |
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5 Low-temperature electron microscopy and ultramicrotomy |
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5.1 The submicroscopic organization of vertebrate nerve fibers |
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5.2 High-resolution electron microscopy and low-dose electron diffraction |
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6 Cryo-electron microscopy |
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6.1 Study of biological systems at liquid-helium temperatures |
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6.2 Development of cryo-electron microscopes with superconducting lenses |
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6.3 The Collins closed-cycle superfluid-helium refrigerator |
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6.4 The cryomicroscope with superconducting lenses at Munich |
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6.5 Structure determination of an organic complex with a superconducting electron microscope |
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7 Reflections and outlook |
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3 Research in Germany and Hungary |
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4 Research in the British Thomson-Houston Company, 1934-48 |
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5 Mullard readership in electronics: Imperial College 1949-58 |
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6 Professorship at Imperial College, 1958-67 |
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List of publications by Dennis Gabor |
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11 The French electrostatic electron microscope (1941-1952) |
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1.1 Electron optics, a proper domain of "electronics" |
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1.2 The magnetic microscope |
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1.3 The electrostatic microscope |
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1.4 Impact of the German pioneer work outside the frontiers |
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1.5 Supermicroscopy and diversity of microscopes |
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2 Electron optics in occupied France |
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2.1 The academic year 1940-1941 in France |
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2.2 Spartan times ahead in 1942: choice of an electrostatic instrument |
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2.3 Designing the elements of a first prototype (1942) |
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2.4 A first industrial two-stage electron microscope |
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3 The liberation of the North of France and the transition to peace |
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3.2 An elaborate study of asymmetry |
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3.4 The ill fate of electrostatic lenses in supermicroscopy and their present revival in ion microprobe analyzers |
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Index |
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