Facets

FRANK, Joachim (1940 – ) VERSCHOOR, Adriana BOUBLIK, Miloslav (1929 – 1994)

Frank and colleagues developed a method that allows sorting of particle images into classes based on their orientation, as well as their structural features. Specifically Frank developed mathematical tools used for im…

ZERNIKE, Frits (1888 – 1966)

Zernicke invented phase contrast microscopy. In 1953 Zernike was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics "for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope."

ZIMMERMANN, Eberhard August Wilhelm von (1743 – 1815)

Digital facsimile from the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.

PRICHARD, James Cowles (1786 – 1848)

An atlas of six large hand-colored folding maps originally issued to accompany Prichard's popular work, The natural history of man, first issued in 1843. The maps were revised and re-issued in 1851 and 1861.

TISELIUS, Arne Wilhelm Kaurin (1902 – 1971)

Tilesius's doctoral dissertation introduced the laboratory technique of moving-boundary electrophoresis, a technique for separation of chemical compounds by electrophoresis in free solution. For this work, and the wor…

HENDERSON, Richard (1945 – ) UNWIN, Peter Nigel Tripp

The invention of Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The novel technique was achieved by "by applying the method to tilted specimens, and using the principles put forward by De Rosier and Klug (GM - 13935), for t…