This Oxford University Press book by SE Ruzin (ISBN: 9780198885832 
Hardcover 
19 December 2024) has a few factual errors that are corrected here. 
Link to OUP

Factual Errors:

  • Back cover: Species name of the lichen is Kaernfeltia californica
  • p84: Equation 6.1 is the following:
Phase Contrast Resolution
Eq 6.1: Resolution and the diameter of phasing strip
  • p125: Change “1mm” to “1µm”. The thinnest portion of the light sheet is <1µm…”
  • p126: Equation 9.1 is the following:
Confocal length Eq9.1
Equation for calculation the “confocal length."
  • p126: “…a beam thickness of 2µm would yield a confocal length of 12µm, whereas a beam thickness of 10µm would yield a beam thickness of nearly 350µm.”
  • p166: Large array detectors (Zeiss Airyscan, Nikin SPARK) use a GaAsP detector, not EMCCDs. 
  • p176: The letter “R” should be replaced with “PALM.”

Errors throughout the text

  • “Norbert Test Plate” should be spelled “Nobert Test Plate” (see p187)
  • “MINIFLUX” should be changed to “MINFLUX” (see p185)
  • “orthogonality” should be changed to “orthogonally.” (see p94)