| dc.description.abstract | How is this book any different from the many other books
that deal with TEM? It has several unique features, but the
most distinguishing one, we believe, is that it can really be
described as a "textbook"-that is, one designed to be used
primarily in the classroom rather than in the research laboratory.
We have constructed the book as a series of relatively
small chapters (with a few notable exceptions!). The
contents of many chapters can be covered in a typical lecture
of 50 to 75 minutes. The style is informal for easier
reading; it resembles an oral lecture rather than the formal
writing you would encounter when reading research papers.
In our experience, the TEM books currently available
fall into three major categories. They may be too theoretical
for many materials science students; they attempt to
cover all kinds of electron microscopy in one volume,
which makes it difficult to include sufficient theory on any
one technique; or they are limited in the TEM topics they
cover. The rapid development of the TEM field has meant
that many of the earlier books must automatically be placed
in the third category. Although these books are often invaluable
in teaching, we have not found them generally suitable
as the course textbook in a senior-year undergraduate or
first-year graduate course introducing TEM, so we have endeavored
to fill this perceived gap. | en_US |
