HISTORIC MILESTONES ON THE PATH OF THE BIRTH OF MICROSCOPY FROM LIGHT TO ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TECHNIQUE. PART1 LIGHT MICROSCOPY

Abstract

Microscopes drove theories by providing the tool needed to make advances in many fields of science. Observations through the microscope primarily determined what early scientists thought and advanced science to a great extend as we know it today across many fields of science, becoming a dominating technique. What is captured here are some of the major milestones on the path of the birth of microscopy. The following is covered: The beginning of the light microscope, Early Stereo Microscope development, The Ultra Microscope, Differential interference contrast (DIC). Inverted light Microscope, The Fluorescence microscope, Confocal Microscopy, Confocal Scanning Light Microscope (or ‘CSLM’), Transmission Electron microscope, Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and the Environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). With more older manuscripts becoming available digitally, this overview fills in many gaps that exist in some of the previous work, covering a wider history in microscopy. It is also the single most recognised technique, which in its development and application, has produced more Nobel prize laureates than any other technique. Quite a few laurates are born and imbedded in the history of microscopy, some are covered here.