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The '''microscope''' is an [[instrument]] that magnifies small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, ''small'' (or ''microscopic'') means below the [[spatial resolution]] of the [[human]] [[eye]] (around 100μm).  
The '''microscope''' is an [[instrument]] that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, ''small'' (or ''microscopic'') means below the [[spatial resolution]] of the [[human]] [[eye]] (around 100μm).  


==The history of the microscope==
==The history of the microscope==
See:
*http://www.archive.org/details/CantorLecuturesTheMicroscope
*http://www.worldscibooks.com/popsci/4034.html
*http://www.press.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/233106.ctl
*[http://www.questia.com/read/5015823672?title=Minute%20Particulars%3a%20Microscopy%20and%20Eighteenth-Century%20Narrative Minute Particulars: Microscopy and Eighteenth-Century Narrative]


==Light microscopes==
==Light microscopes==
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===Magnetic Resonance Microscopy===
===Magnetic Resonance Microscopy===
==External links==






==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [http://www.nature.com/news/specials/microscopy/index.html Microscopy Special.] ''Nature News Specials'' 3 June 2009.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

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The microscope is an instrument that magnifies the image of small objects such that they become observable by humans. Here, small (or microscopic) means below the spatial resolution of the human eye (around 100μm).

The history of the microscope

Light microscopes

Electron microscopes

Scanning

Transmission

Tunneling

Confocal microscopes

Other kinds of microscopes

Micro-CT

Magnetic Resonance Microscopy

Further reading