A microscopic reality tale

Patricia Fara
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Patricia Fara: Patricia Fara is senior tutor of Clare College, University of Cambridge CB2 1TL, UK. Her most recent book is Science: A Four Thousand Year History (Oxford University Press, 2009). pf10006@cam.ac.uk

Nature, 2009, vol. 459, issue 7247, 642-644

Abstract: The earliest microscopes shed light on a once-invisible world. But, Patricia Fara explains, microscopists were uncertain about how well the images reflected reality — just as they are today.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/459642a

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