chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Classical stereology -- chapter 3 Overview of modern stereology -- chapter 4 Geometrical identities -- chapter 5 Geometrical probability -- chapter 6 Statistical formulations of stereology -- chapter 7 Uniform and isotropic uniform designs -- chapter 8 Vertical and local designs -- chapter 9 Ratio estimation -- chapter 10 Discrete sampling and counting -- chapter 11 Inference for particle populations -- chapter 12 Design of stereological experiments -- chapter 13 Variance of stereological estimators -- chapter 14 Frontiers and open problems.