In the recently published book Beelden zonder weerga (‘Unparalleled Images’), biochemist Ton van Helvoort and Dirk van Delft, director of Rijksmuseum Boerhaave in Leiden, describe the invention and development of the electron microscope.
The German physicist Ernst Ruska won the Nobel Prize 55 years after the construction of this groundbreaking instrument, but of course he did not work in a vacuum. Scientists from TU Delft, especially Jan Bart Le Poole, also played an important role, and for that reason they feature prominently in the book.
Applied Physics, the new <link en faculty-of-applied-sciences about-faculty departments imphys research centers-of-excellence vllair _blank>VLLAIR laboratory and the work of Pieter Kruit, who was a student of Le Poole, are also described in Beelden zonder weerga. The book can be ordered for €24.99 on Bol.com or on the website of Uitgeverij Prometheus.
