This book features breathtaking photographs that reveal the secrets of the micro world, from algae to atoms, dust to DNA and flies' eyes to flu viruses. It offers practical information on buying and taking care of microscopes, plus over 20 step-by-step projects for use with your own microscope. It is internet-linked to lead readers to sites featuring photographs, slide presentations and movies of views that are inaccessible to the naked eye.
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Kirsteen Robson (Author)
Kirsteen Robson joined Usborne in 1997 with a background in music, education, and Christian publishing. She has written and edited over 300 Usborne titles, from dictionaries and encyclopedias to activity books with flaps, stickers and sounds. She loves the challenge of writing about anything from aardvarks to zombies.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A fabulous and revealing introduction to the secrets of the microscopic world. Features amazing photos of what can be discovered through a microscope, from atoms to algae and dust to DNA. With over 20 step-by-step microscope activities including preparing slides and observing everyday objects, insects and even your own cheek cells. Includes practical information on buying, using and taking care of a microscope. With internet-links to websites with more amazing photos, projects and activities. Chapters in this book include: The micro world - Larger than life - Making things looks bigger - Using a microscope - Paper and print - Fibres and fabrics - Odds and ends - Clues to the past - Solving crimes The human body - On your head - Bodywork - Body cells - Inside a body cell - Inside a nucleus - Bacteria - Viruses - Microscopes in medicine - Microscopes and surgery Plants and fungi - Looking at plants - Plant food - How plants spread - Water plants - Fungi - Food science Creepy crawlies - Insect watching - Insects up close - Watery minibeasts - Unwelcome guests - Body residents - The plant eaters Rocks to robots - Sand and rocks - Microfossils - Crystals - More crystals - Testing metals - Micromachines - Nanotechnology - A nano future? Past and present - Early microscopes - The war on germs - Microscopes today Practical points - Buying a microscope - Equipment - Advanced techniques. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005694885
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