Examines the elaborate world exposed beneath the magnifying lens of the microscope. Touches on the discovery of the microscope and advances in modern days. Gives advice on choosing and buying a microscope. Gives step by step instructions on preparing specimens and using your microscope.
Includes electron microscope images and experiments. The companion web site provides links to the recommended web sites described in the book.
Breathtaking photographs reveal the secrets of the micro world, from algae to atoms, dust to GNA, and flies' eyes to flu viruses. Ages 9+.
Shows how to get the best from various types of microscopes, and suggests projects which reveal the detail of everyday objects.
Explores objects and organisms that can be viewed with a microscope and discusses various kinds of microscopes and microscopy techniques.
This book peers through the microscope to reveal TINY unimaginable wonders.
Embark on 59 adventures in the natural world: the structures of numerous microscopic animals; what everyday objects really look like at the cellular level; preparing specimens and slides. 142 illustrations.
In nontechnical language and with 199 photographs and drawings, the author clearly explains how a microscope works and what kind to use; preparation and examination of specimens, and much more.
The book discusses the first microscopes, the compound microscope in England (1650-1750), simple or single-lens microscopes, and the development of the achromatic microscope.
Illustrated throughout with photomicrographs, and complete with a reproducible form for documenting specimens, an in-depth guide explains how to put bugs, water, food, plants and pollen, and even parts of the body (like fingernails) under ...
Fascinating introduction to the world of single-celled organisms recounts the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by an array of curious creatures: amoeba, paramecium, suctorian, hydra, others.