title: A distinguished trio, introduction to the Saxton-Smith-Van Dyck 65th-birthday issue.
abstract: The careers in the theory and practice of electron microscopy of W.O. Saxton, D. Van Dyck and D.J. Smith are sketched briefly, with a small sample of their publications.
authors.affiliation: CEMES-CNRS, B.P. 94347, 31055 TOULOUSE cedex France. Electronic address: hawkes@cemes.fr.
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Hawkes
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006696:Holography / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods
keywords: Biography; Electron image processing; Electron microscopy; Image statistics