Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter I Light and the Ancient Greeks -- Chapter II Early Microscopies -- Chapter III Early Microscopists -- Chapter IV Polarized Light and Crystals -- Chapter V The Polarizing Microscope -- Chapter VI Reflected Light Microscopy -- Chapter VII Particles and Waves -- Chapter VIII The Electron Microscope -- Interactions with Matter -- Biology -- Resolution -- Electron Diffraction -- Endnote -- Chapter IX The Scanning Electron Microscope -- The Electron Source -- The Lens System -- The Electron Collector -- The Image -- Backscattered Electrons (BSEs) -- Environmental SEM -- Microlithography -- Chapter X Chemical Composition from Microscopy -- Optical Microscopy -- Electrons Atoms and X-Rays -- EPMA -- X-Ray Detection -- Qualitative Analysis -- Quantitative Analysis -- Elemental Mapping -- Materials -- Chapter XI Scanning Probe Microscopies -- Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM) -- Scanning Near Field Optical Microscopy (SNOM) -- Confocal Microscopy -- Chapter XII Acoustic Microscopy -- Imaging -- Microscopy -- Chapter XIII Future Microscopies -- Further Reading -- Index.