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Article: The Small World of Electron Microscopists: Here's the big picture on a career in a fascinating microscopic world. (Tech Connection).
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- Career World, a Weekly Reader publication
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- January 1, 2002
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In 1969 Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the moon. But centuries before Armstrong's historic mission, another man ventured into an alien universe. His journey changed the course of science forever.
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