Winner of the Rhone-Poulenc Junior Science Book Prize, this book is a breathtaking introduction to an extraordinary new dimension. Fantastic photographs, thousands or even millions of times larger than life, reveal the secrets of the micro universe, while step-by-step project ideas and Internet links to recommended websites will help you set off ...
205 spectacular full-color images using scanning electron microscopy are used to explore everyday life. Includes informative captions and clear, accessible text the book is organized into six sections.
Providing a comprehensive introduction to the capabilities and use of scanning electron microscopes (SEM) and x-ray spectrometers, this highly acclaimed text emphasizes practical aspects of imaging and analysis for a broad audience of students and practitioners whose backgrounds span a wide range of science and technology. Topics discussed include ...
Did you know there are fossils in toothpaste? Have you ever seen the cells of an onion skin? Using a microscope, this book aims to help children discover a whole new world that they never knew existed. There are fun experiments using equipment from around the house and garden, from vegetables to rocks, and fish to flowers. Experiments include: ...
"Discovering" is an experimental work. It attempts not merely to look at what scientists do but to get inside their minds to find out how, to see science as the imaginative endeavour of the people who do it. Using a fictional format, the author unveils the discovery process in action through the discussions of six characters who attend a ...
What we see, even on the brightest summer's day, is only a fraction of what is really there. But we have been inventing new ways of seeing, delving ever deeper into the invisible world, for more then a century now. We can now 'see' heat, sound and all manner of exotic energies and radiations. We can look deep into our minds and witness fleeting ...
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.
From best-selling engineering computing author Delores Etter, this book presents a consistent methodology for solving engineering problems through an introduction to the fundamental capabilities of C++, the language of choice for many practising engineers and scientists. It introduces the basics of C++ programming, and allows instructors to cover ...
This book contains all the necessary information and advice for anyone wishing to obtain electron micrographs showing the most accurate ultrastructural detail "in thin sections" of any type of biological specimen. The guidelines for the choice of preparative methods are based on an extensive survey of current laboratory practice. For the first ...
A volume of hands-on science experiments designed to reveal to children the magical microscopic universe. It discusses microtomes, wet mounds, and smear and squash slides, and takes close looks at bone marrow, cartilage and fur, pollen and grass, stinging nettles, and other objects.
For readers of elegant, accessible science comes The Ring of Truth a companion volume to a national PBS science series from the award-winning producer of Nova and Odyssey. 200 color and 100 black-and-white photographs.
A basic introduction to the scientific method of thinking. Topics discussed include how to avoid being misled by information, the incorrect use of data, and how to avoid being manipulated by your own desire for certain results. Illustrations accompany the text.
In the seventeenth century the microscope opened up a new world of observation, and, according to Catherine Wilson, profoundly revised the thinking of scientists and philosophers alike. The interior of nature, once closed off to both sympathetic intuition and direct perception, was now accessible with the help of optical instruments. The ...
Looking at little things--things too small to see with the naked eye--can be big fun. It's certainly smart science, and award-winning authors Shar Levine and Leslie Johnstone are here to show kids the basics of creating their own professional-quality slides and using their own microscopes. A whole world will open up to budding scientists as they ...
Originally published in 1665, Micrographia is the most famous and influential work of English scholar ROBERT HOOKE (1635-1703), a notable member of the Royal Society and the scientist for whom Hooke's Law of elasticity is named. Here, Hooke describes his observations of various household and biological specimens, such as the eye of a fly and the ...
In the same successful format as The Planets and The Universe, here is another spectacular, fully illustrated journal--this time focusing on the small, the microscopic and the nearly invisible. 40 illustrations.
The compound optical microscope, in its various modern forms, is probably the most familiar of all laboratory instruments and the electron microscope, once an exotic rarity, has now become a standard tool in biological and materials research. Both instruments are often used effectively with little knowledge of the relevant theory, or even of how a ...
Outlines fifty-nine microscope projects in addition to presenting a brief history of the microscope, a list of useful laboratory supplies, and close-up drawings of objects suggested for examination.
From the reviews: "...An excellent reference on undergraduate mathematical computing." American Mathematical Monthly"...the book is worth buying if you want guidance in applying Maple and MATLAB to problems in the workplace..." Computing Reviews"...The presentation is unique, and extremely interesting. I was thrilled to read this text, and to ...
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