The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope

The Ultimate Guide to Your Microscope
Author: Shar Levine
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781402743290

An in-depth guide explains how to put bugs, water, food, plants and pollen, and even parts of the body (like fingernails) under the scope for a close-up glimpse while also explaining how to identify the microscope's different pieces and how to focus properly.

The World of the Microscope

The World of the Microscope
Author: Chris Oxlade
Publisher: Usborne Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Microscopes
ISBN: 9780794515249

An introduction to the microscope with colored illustrations, projects, and activities.

How to Make and Use Compost

How to Make and Use Compost
Author: Nicky Scott
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2021-02-04
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0857845462

The world of compost and how it relates to healthy soil is a fascinating, complex story. Compost helps to create and maintain healthy soil – the foundation of growing organically. It is also cost-saving, easy and fun, and a fantastic way to learn and connect with nature. Most importantly, composting is really beneficial for the environment as it massively reduces the amount of noxious methane gas generated from burying food waste in landfill. In How to Make and Use Compost, composting expert Nicky Scott reveals why making compost is so important for healthy soil and the environment, how it works and how to make your own compost. He provides clear guidance on the most appropriate system for your site, whether you're composting in a garden or a kitchen, and explains how different composting systems work, including cold composting, wormeries, bokashi and hot boxes. This practical book features an A-Z guide to what you can and cannot compost, composting techniques, common problems and their solutions – from Activators to fertilise the soil with microbial food sources, to Z for Zoo poo if you're lucky enough to live near a wildlife sanctuary! It also details how to compost food waste on a large scale for hotels, restaurants, cafés and other establishments, and shows you how to plan a school or community compost scheme. An extensive list of resources, including websites, organisations, books and where to buy equipment, is also included. Beautifully illustrated with photographs throughout, this handy guide is ideal for gardeners as well as those who want to become more sustainable.

The Book of Clouds

The Book of Clouds
Author: John A. Day
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2005
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9781402728136

Clouds are simple enough, just a collection of ice crystals or water droplets visible to everyone. Yet they are a source of endless wonder. They appear in an infinite number of shapes and forms. Some are beautiful, some awe inspiring, and some, like the whirling funnel cloud, are terrifying. Clouds inspire artists, poets, songwriters. They have reminded astronauts, looking down from space, that Earth, a seemingly abstract orb, is a place of life and movement. those great swirls of white-as they change shape, swell, evaporate into wisps, disappear and come back, glow with sunlight or darken with rain-are a constant reminder of how dynamic our planet is.

The Microscope and How to Use It

The Microscope and How to Use It
Author: Dr. Georg Stehli
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2012-03-13
Genre: Science
ISBN: 048613721X

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.

All in a Drop

All in a Drop
Author: Lori Alexander
Publisher: Clarion Books
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2019
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1328884201

Invisible organisms called microbes are everywhere: in soil, oceans, and snow; in the food we eat and the air we breathe - even inside our bodies. But in Antony van Leeuwenhoek's time, people believed that what they could see with their own eyes was all that existed in the world. Using microscopes of his own design, Antony discovered a living world no one had seen before. How did the simple tradesman - who didn't go to college or speak English or Latin, like all the other scientists - change everyone's minds? Proving that remarkable discoveries can come from the most unexpected people and places, this eye-opening chapter book, illustrated with lively full-color art, celebrates the power of curiosity, ingenuity, and persistence. --

The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty

The Ultimate Guide To Choosing a Medical Specialty
Author: Brian Freeman
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 493
Release: 2004-01-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0071457135

The first medical specialty selection guide written by residents for students! Provides an inside look at the issues surrounding medical specialty selection, blending first-hand knowledge with useful facts and statistics, such as salary information, employment data, and match statistics. Focuses on all the major specialties and features firsthand portrayals of each by current residents. Also includes a guide to personality characteristics that are predominate with practitioners of each specialty. “A terrific mixture of objective information as well as factual data make this book an easy, informative, and interesting read.” --Review from a 4th year Medical Student

Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience

Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience
Author: Matt Carter
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2022-03-26
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0323915612

Modern neuroscience research is inherently multidisciplinary, with a wide variety of cutting edge new techniques to explore multiple levels of investigation. This Third Edition of Guide to Research Techniques in Neuroscience provides a comprehensive overview of classical and cutting edge methods including their utility, limitations, and how data are presented in the literature. This book can be used as an introduction to neuroscience techniques for anyone new to the field or as a reference for any neuroscientist while reading papers or attending talks. - Nearly 200 updated full-color illustrations to clearly convey the theory and practice of neuroscience methods - Expands on techniques from previous editions and covers many new techniques including in vivo calcium imaging, fiber photometry, RNA-Seq, brain spheroids, CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing, and more - Clear, straightforward explanations of each technique for anyone new to the field - A broad scope of methods, from noninvasive brain imaging in human subjects, to electrophysiology in animal models, to recombinant DNA technology in test tubes, to transfection of neurons in cell culture - Detailed recommendations on where to find protocols and other resources for specific techniques - "Walk-through" boxes that guide readers through experiments step-by-step

Life Itself

Life Itself
Author: Boyce Rensberger
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1996
Genre: Science
ISBN:

In Amazing Life, Boyce Rensberger takes readers to the frontlines of cell research with some of the brightest investigators in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. The hottest topics in biomedical research are covered.

The Perfect Edge

The Perfect Edge
Author: Ron Hock
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2009-12-17
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1440310211

Sharp Tools Work Better! If you've never experienced the pleasure of using a really sharp tool, you're missing one of the real pleasures of woodworking. In The Perfect Edge, the mystery of the elusive sharp edge is solved by long-time sharpening expert and tool maker Ron Hock. You'll soon find how easy and safe hand tools are to use. This book covers all the different sharpening methods so you can either improve your sharpening techniques using your existing set-up, or determine which one will best suit you needs and budget. Ron shows you the tricks and offers expert advice to sharpen all your woodworking tools, plus a few around-the-house tools that also deserve a perfect edge.