Difference between revisions of "Microscope"

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A microscope is an instrument that enables the user to view objects smaller than can be seen with the naked eye.

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-Microscopes are purportedly instruments that enable the user to view objects smaller than the eye is capable of visualizing.  The term ''microscopic'' refers to objects allegedly too small to see with the naked eye, thus requiring a "microscope" to see.
+A '''microscope''' is an instrument that enables the user to view objects smaller than can be seen with the naked eye.
-Microscopes are frequently used by [[scientists]], such as those arguing in favor of [[human cloning]], [[stem cell research]], and [[evolution]].  While some controversy exists in regard to many of these matters, the microscope itself has generally been regarded as a reliable scientific instrument.  Nevertheless, like all scientific instruments, it is capable of misuse and misapplication.
-Thus far, for example, little investigation has been done into the possibility that microscopes may cause the existence of the very [[microbes]] they purport to offer us a glimpse at.  It is also possible that the [[scientific method]] may itself be at fault.  Further research into these matters is necessary.