All good ideas, I'm sure. As part of our Unit's 50th birthday celebrations I gave an historical talk on microscopy in the Macleay Museum and I'd be glad to make the ppt available to anyone who is serious about getting started on such a project. There are all sorts of fascinating strands in the older parts of the history as well as 21st century developments.
But let's be clear about one thing - NOBODY has yet broken Abbe's resolution limit to any substantial extent. No, Stefan Hell hasn't, Mats Gustafsson hasn't ... etc. Rayleigh's criterion (which applies to fluorescence) may lie smashed in the dust, but not Abbe's.
Guy
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I agree with the idea of providing historical perspective - but not go as far as to feature hobbies of inventors past... cheers,
Badri Roysam
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From: Michael Schell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: A microscopy documentary
> I am of the opinion a historical perspective is a valuable and often
> essential component of a good story, especially in the context of a
> documentary. What could be better than first using the history of
> microscopes to teach about Abbe's Law--and then telling the "recent
> advances" part about how the Law has been smashed?
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Badri Roysam wrote:
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> > I am of the opinion that recent advances in microscopy make a far
> > more compelling story than its historical past..
> >
> >
> > Badri Roysam
> > Professor, Department of Electrical, Computer and Systems
> > Engineering Associate Director, NSF Center for Subsurface Sensing &
> > Imaging Systems (CenSSIS ERC) Co-Director, Rensselaer Center for
> > Open Source Software Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 110 8th
> > Street, Troy, New York 12180-3590, USA.
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> > Email: [log in to unmask], Web: http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~roysam
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> Michael J. Schell, CIV, USU
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