THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS.

MICROSCOPES -- Design & construction; DEVELOPING countries; PRAKASH, Manu; STANFORD University; MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology

The article focuses on a small and inexpensive microscope, which costs less than one dollar, called the Foldscope. This device was invented by the researcher Manu Prakash at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. Topics discussed include how this device could be useful in developing countries around the globe, Prakash’s academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the functions of the microscope.