system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How can Scientist view the Atoms of something with an Electron Microscope without seeing the Atoms that make up the lenses of the Microscope?
gpt
Electron microscopes do not see things in the same sense as a microscope; it's an incredibly sensitive machine that detects the wavelengths of things with sensors. Think like echolocation or cat\fish whiskers. Electron microscopes don't have lenses.