`Overall this is the most comprehensive introduction to modern microscopy currently available, but it is more than just a dry academic text. The beauty of many of the micrographs reproduced here demonstrates the aesthetic as well as the scientific rewards which can be gained by looking ever more closely at the materials which surround us. Metals and Materials
Imaging by light optical microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy; Analytical imaging with a scanning ion microprobe; Acoustic microscopy; Transmission electron microscopy; Electron diffusion images; Atomic resolution microscopy; Surface imaging by scanning tunneling microscopy; Atom probe field-ion microscopy: imaging at the atomic level; Compositional mapping of the microstructure of materials; Processing images and selecting regions of interest; Image analysis of
the microstructure of materials.