<p>Foreword<br>Peter W. Hawkes<br>Foreword to first edition<br>Peter W. Hawkes<br>Preface by Ernst Ruska<br>Ernst Ruska and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>1. Recollections from the early years: Canada–USA<br>Cecil E. Hall and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>2. My recollection of the early history of our work on electron optics and the electron microscope<br>Tadatosi Hibi and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>3. Walter Hoppe—X-ray crystallographer and visionary pioneer in electron microscopy<br>Joachim Frank<br>4. Reminiscences of the development of electron optics and electron microscope instrumentation in Japan<br>Koichi Kanaya and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>5. Early electron microscopy in the Netherlands<br>J.B. Le Poole and Pieter Kruit (Afterword)<br>6. L. L. Marton, 1901–1979<br>Charles Süsskind and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>7. The invention of the electron Fresnel interference biprism<br>G. Möllenstedt and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>8. The industrial development of the electron microscope by the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Company and AEI Limited<br>T. Mulvey and Peter Hawkes (Afterword))<br>9. The development of the scanning electron microscope<br>C.W. Oatley, D. McMullan, K.C.A. Smith, and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>10. Some recollections of electron microscopy in Britain from 1943 to 1948<br>R. Reed and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>11. Rudolf Rühle and the BOSCH electron microscope: another early commercial instrument<br>Hans R. Gelderblom and Heinz Schwarz<br>12. Otto Scherzer and his contributions to electron microscopy<br>Dieter Typke<br>13. 1950-1960: a decade from the viewpoint of an applications laboratory<br>Cilly Weichan and Maren Heinzerling (Afterword)<br>14. From the cathode-ray oscillograph to the high-resolution electron microscope<br>Otto Wolff and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>15. Reminiscences<br>R.W.G. Wyckoff and Peter Hawkes (Afterword)<br>16. Complementary accounts of the history of electron microscopy<br>Peter Hawkes</p>