Using electrons instead of light When you want to see the very tiny, why not use something very tiny? Join us for a look at the hows and whys of electron microscopes. Join us on patreon.com/thelabwithbrad for extra special extra stuff! Here’s a video on the birth of the scanning electron microscope. The Difficult Birth of the Scanning Electron Microscope And here are a couple of articles about the beginning of electron microscopes in general. History of Electron Microscope The development of the electron microscope