"Version: 20191001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Overview -- 1.2. Microscopy, spectroscopy and diffraction -- 1.3. Introductory optics -- 1.4. Introduction to atomic physics -- 1.5. Introductory solid state physics2. Fourier series, transforms and their relevance in diffraction and microscopy -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Fourier series -- 2.3 Theā¦