History of Electron Microscopy in Switzerland [Paperback]

I. Instrumentation.- The Instrumental Contribution of Switzerland to the Development of Electron Microscopy; A Historical Review.- The Swiss STEM Project.- II. The Pioneers.- The Beginning of Electron Microscopy in Z?rich.- Chemical Electron Microscopy in Berne.- Early Times of Electron Microscopy in Geneva (1944-1964).- The Bernese Connection of Early Pioneers in Biological Electron Microscopy.- III. Materials Science.- Electron Microscopy at the Batteile Laboratories in Geneva.- IV. Biology and Medicine.- The Contribution of Switzerland to the Development of Embedding Methods in Cytology.- Applications of Transmission Electron Microscopy in Biological Sciences: Preparation Procedures, Contrast Modifications and Ultrastructural Cytochemistry.- The Contribution of Electron Microscopy to Normal Morphology and Pathology Research in Switzerland.- Cryotechniques and Related Methods.- The Contribution of Switzerland to the Development of Morphometry and Stereology.- V. Swiss Society for Optics and Electron Microscopy.- History of the Swiss Society for Optics and Electron Microscopy.Springer Book Archives