Author : Rosie Dickins
Publisher : See Inside
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,86 MB
Release : 2022-03
Category : Board books
ISBN : 9781474986151
An incredible lift-the-flap look at a world invisible to human eyes This book peers through the microscope to reveal TINY unimaginable wonders. Discover bizarre minibeasts and peculiar plants, meet the millions of microbes that live around and inside you, and marvel at miniature technology. The perfect introduction to a fascinating area of science.
Author : James Weiss
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 32,45 MB
Release : 2021-06-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 1786784637
The videographer behind the Journey to the Microcosmos YouTube channel (386K subscribers) James Weiss presents a beginner's guide to the extremely small and utterly strange life that surrounds us. James Weiss was feeling lost in life when he first discovered his interest in the microscopic world. With his own microscope and a little homespun ingenuity, he began to capture thousands of hours of stunning footage of the creatures that he found around him: the local pond, at the beach, in a puddle. What he found astounded him, and it became his mission to reveal the beauty of the microcosmos to everyone. In his fun and accessible style, interspersed with otherworldly photographs, James presents this beginner's guide to the invisible life that surrounds us. From the most simple single-celled life, to complex micro-animals, James reveals the secrets of a world that we rarely consider. Navigating the births, feasts, tragedies, idiosyncracies and deaths of a cast of tiny characters, learn how these lifeforms work and what lessons they can teach us about our own existence. Mixing scientific detail with thoughtful musings that betray the fascination at the heart of his topic, James has created a way of looking at microorganisms in an empathetic and engaging style. You'll discover fascinating absurdities: that a cell can be both its own daughter and its own mother. That immortality really does exist, and it comes in the form of a teeny, tentacled medusa. And that seeing the wonder of nature from a new perspective can literally save your life.
Author : Sarah Hull
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,55 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Bacteria
ISBN : 9780794548834
"Explore the amazing microscopic world of germs - bacteria, viruses, and other microbes. Discover how they can make you ill and how your body fights them off, as well as some of the useful things they do for us."--Back cover
Author : Chris Oxlade
Publisher : Usborne Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Microscopes
ISBN : 9780794515249
An introduction to the microscope with colored illustrations, projects, and activities.
Author : Holly Ahern
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 19,25 MB
Release : 2018-05-22
Category : Microbiology
ISBN : 9781942341536
As a group of organisms that are too small to see and best known for being agents of disease and death, microbes are not always appreciated for the numerous supportive and positive contributions they make to the living world. Designed to support a course in microbiology, Microbiology: A Laboratory Experience permits a glimpse into both the good and the bad in the microscopic world. The laboratory experiences are designed to engage and support student interest in microbiology as a topic, field of study, and career. This text provides a series of laboratory exercises compatible with a one-semester undergraduate microbiology or bacteriology course with a three- or four-hour lab period that meets once or twice a week. The design of the lab manual conforms to the American Society for Microbiology curriculum guidelines and takes a ground-up approach -- beginning with an introduction to biosafety and containment practices and how to work with biological hazards. From there the course moves to basic but essential microscopy skills, aseptic technique and culture methods, and builds to include more advanced lab techniques. The exercises incorporate a semester-long investigative laboratory project designed to promote the sense of discovery and encourage student engagement. The curriculum is rigorous but manageable for a single semester and incorporates best practices in biology education.
Author : Melissa Stewart
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 50,84 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 076136269X
Your mouth contains more bacteria than a dog's. Money is covered with germs that can make you sick. The germs in a sneeze travel only an arm's length. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the microscopic world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether millions of tiny creatures are living under your bed! Discover whether bacteria cause the common cold! See if you can tell the difference between fact and fiction with Is That a Fact?
Author : Werner Nachtigall
Publisher : Sterling
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,41 MB
Release : 1997-06-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Discusses the history and development of the microscope and the unseen world which it has made available for our study.
Author : Rob Dunn
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 37,24 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 154164574X
A natural history of the wilderness in our homes, from the microbes in our showers to the crickets in our basements Even when the floors are sparkling clean and the house seems silent, our domestic domain is wild beyond imagination. In Never Home Alone, biologist Rob Dunn introduces us to the nearly 200,000 species living with us in our own homes, from the Egyptian meal moths in our cupboards and camel crickets in our basements to the lactobacillus lounging on our kitchen counters. You are not alone. Yet, as we obsess over sterilizing our homes and separating our spaces from nature, we are unwittingly cultivating an entirely new playground for evolution. These changes are reshaping the organisms that live with us -- prompting some to become more dangerous, while undermining those species that benefit our bodies or help us keep more threatening organisms at bay. No one who reads this engrossing, revelatory book will look at their homes in the same way again.
Author : Brandon Broll
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781554077144
This volume brings together images produced through the very latest techniques in microphotography. Most of the 203 full colour photographs have been taken using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), allowing us to see our world as never before. Each image is a close-up that reveals remarkable forms, shapes and colours.
Author : Alvin Silverstein
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 10,40 MB
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0486320162
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. Easy-to-understand language, 37 illustrations.
