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How to Build a Digital Microscope - Construct a Reliable, Inexpensive Microscope for both Regular and Polarized Light Microscopy

by Lasse Lu Pedersen ...

The microscope is the most important tool in the microbiologists toolbox. Nowadays, several companies sell very well made microscopes, but such a luxury was unknown to the earliest microbiologists. They had to build their own microscopes, and many advancements to the science of microbiology were made by people who managed to improve on their own private microscopes.While basic models have become ... Read more

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The microscope is the most important tool in the microbiologists toolbox. Nowadays, several companies sell very well made microscopes, but such a luxury was unknown to the earliest microbiologists. They had to build their own microscopes, and many advancements to the science of microbiology were made by people who managed to improve on their own private microscopes.While basic models have become
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The Secret Body

How the New Science of the Human Body Is Changing the Way We Live

by Daniel M Davis ...

'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of ... Read more

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'A big-picture forecast of how medicine stands on the threshold of a revolution that will radically change all of our lives' The TimesWelcome to a revolution in the science of you. This landmark new book from award-winning scientist Daniel M. Davis explores the future of the human body.Imagine taking drugs to help you acquire new skills, or knowing years in advance the precise likelihood of
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From A to Z - Introduction To Your Microscope

MicroscopeMaster

by H M Anderson ...

Series series MicroscopeMaster
“From A to Z - Introduction To Your MICROSCOPE" is intended to serve as a primary resource for students and those who are beginning to use microscopes. In the book, the author extensively covers various topics on microscopy in a bid to help the reader master the foundational principles of microscopy. The following is a brief look at the main chapters in the book.Chapter 1 - 3From chapter 1 through ... Read more

$6.65 CAD

“From A to Z - Introduction To Your MICROSCOPE" is intended to serve as a primary resource for students and those who are beginning to use microscopes. In the book, the author extensively covers various topics on microscopy in a bid to help the reader master the foundational principles of microscopy. The following is a brief look at the main chapters in the book.Chapter 1 - 3From chapter 1 through
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Insect Microscopy

by Andrew Chick ...

Insects, and their close relatives, the arachnids, centipedes, millipedes and woodlice, make ideal material for study by the recreational microscopist. Moreover for the entomologist, the addition of the use of the microscope to their tool kit adds a whole new dimension to their study, revealing in finest detail the appearance and structure of these tiny creatures. This book reveals the basics of ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

Insects, and their close relatives, the arachnids, centipedes, millipedes and woodlice, make ideal material for study by the recreational microscopist. Moreover for the entomologist, the addition of the use of the microscope to their tool kit adds a whole new dimension to their study, revealing in finest detail the appearance and structure of these tiny creatures. This book reveals the basics of
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Aberration-corrected Imaging In Transmission Electron Microscopy: An Introduction (2nd Edition)

by Rolf Erni ...

Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy provides an introduction to aberration-corrected atomic-resolution electron microscopy imaging in materials and physical sciences. It covers both the broad beam transmission mode (TEM; transmission electron microscopy) and the scanning transmission mode (STEM; scanning transmission electron microscopy). The book is structured in ... Read more

$47.99 CAD

Aberration-Corrected Imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy provides an introduction to aberration-corrected atomic-resolution electron microscopy imaging in materials and physical sciences. It covers both the broad beam transmission mode (TEM; transmission electron microscopy) and the scanning transmission mode (STEM; scanning transmission electron microscopy). The book is structured in
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The Topography of Tears

by Rose-Lynn Fisher ...

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the
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Manuel de l'observateur au microscope

Édition enrichie.

by Félix Dujardin, Adam Chauvet ...

Le "Manuel de l'observateur au microscope" de Félix Dujardin se positionne comme un ouvrage fondamental dans la vulgarisation de la microscopie, abordant méthodiquement les techniques d'observation et les pratiques expérimentales essentielles à cette science en plein essor au XIXe siècle. À travers un style clair et pédagogique, Dujardin mêle descriptions précises, illustrations et conseils ... Read more

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Le "Manuel de l'observateur au microscope" de Félix Dujardin se positionne comme un ouvrage fondamental dans la vulgarisation de la microscopie, abordant méthodiquement les techniques d'observation et les pratiques expérimentales essentielles à cette science en plein essor au XIXe siècle. À travers un style clair et pédagogique, Dujardin mêle descriptions précises, illustrations et conseils
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On the Trail of Stardust

The Guide to Finding Micrometeorites: Tools, Techniques, and Identification

by Jon Larsen ...

On the Trail of Stardust puts the heavens in your hands—in the form of cosmic dust, or micrometeorites. With this handy guide from the author of the international bestseller In Search of Stardust, Jon Larsen, you will learn how to find micrometeorites in your own neighborhood!Stardust—also known as micrometeorites—is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a ... Read more

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On the Trail of Stardust puts the heavens in your hands—in the form of cosmic dust, or micrometeorites. With this handy guide from the author of the international bestseller In Search of Stardust, Jon Larsen, you will learn how to find micrometeorites in your own neighborhood!Stardust—also known as micrometeorites—is the oldest matter anywhere. Nothing has traveled farther to reach Earth. For a
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Microscopy

A Very Short Introduction

by Terence Allen ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Microscopy is a dynamic area of science, incorporating both basic classroom microscopes and sophisticated research style instruments that can be driven by light, electrons, or X-rays. The rate of advance in the area over the last 50 years has led to a number of technological advances. In this Very Short Introduction Terence Allen, an established expert on microscope techniques, describes the ... Read more

$10.19 CAD

Microscopy is a dynamic area of science, incorporating both basic classroom microscopes and sophisticated research style instruments that can be driven by light, electrons, or X-rays. The rate of advance in the area over the last 50 years has led to a number of technological advances. In this Very Short Introduction Terence Allen, an established expert on microscope techniques, describes the
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Atlas of the Rock-Forming Minerals in Thin Section

by W.S. Mackenzie, C. Guilford ...

'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide' New Scientist ... Read more

$271.44 CAD

'Hurray for Mackenzie and Guilford for at last we have a pictorial guide to the rock-forming minerals! . . . such feasts of colour in mineralogy books are rare . . . an admirable guide' New Scientist
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Micrographia

Tabled & Illustrated

by Robert Hook ...

Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most ... Read more

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Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most
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Wilson and Walker's Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Edited by Andreas Hofmann, Samuel Clokie ...

Bringing this best-selling textbook right up to date, the new edition uniquely integrates the theories and methods that drive the fields of biology, biotechnology and medicine, comprehensively covering both the techniques students will encounter in lab classes and those that underpin current key advances and discoveries. The contents have been updated to include both traditional and cutting-edge ... Read more

$59.19 CAD

Bringing this best-selling textbook right up to date, the new edition uniquely integrates the theories and methods that drive the fields of biology, biotechnology and medicine, comprehensively covering both the techniques students will encounter in lab classes and those that underpin current key advances and discoveries. The contents have been updated to include both traditional and cutting-edge
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Phase Mapping of Human Biological Tissues

Data Processing Algorithms for Forensic Time of Death Estimation

by Zhengbin Hu, V. T. Bachinsky, O. Y. Vanchulyak, Iryna V. Soltys, Yu. A. Ushenko, A. G. Ushenko, Igor Meglinski ...

Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
This book presents numerical computer-aided smart-methods as part of a comprehensive statistical, correlation and fractal analysis of laser polarimetry data. It highlights relationships between polarization (azimuth distributions, polarization ellipticities, Stokes vector parameters, Mueller matrix elements) parameters of laser images of biological tissues of a human corpse in different spectral ... Read more

$58.09 CAD

This book presents numerical computer-aided smart-methods as part of a comprehensive statistical, correlation and fractal analysis of laser polarimetry data. It highlights relationships between polarization (azimuth distributions, polarization ellipticities, Stokes vector parameters, Mueller matrix elements) parameters of laser images of biological tissues of a human corpse in different spectral
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顯微鏡下的生命探索，水滴裡的不思議：雪花、菌落、血球……帶上顯微鏡與想像力，展開探索自然的冒險

by 吳成軍 ...

走進肉眼看不見的世界展開顯微鏡下的奇幻旅程讓觀察成為冒險，點燃孩子探索的熱情從觀察開始，打開生命之窗本書是一部結合科學實驗、教育指導與藝術觀察的創新圖書。由生物教師吳成軍帶領13位優秀教師，精選出多個精彩實驗，為國中、小學生提供一套有系統且操作性強的顯微觀察指南。本書不僅介紹如何製作標本與使用數位液晶顯微鏡，更透過豐富圖片和清楚解說，帶領讀者親自進入微觀世界，體驗科學的神奇與美麗。內容多元，跨科整合本書實驗素材涵蓋池塘生物、水果、葉片、真菌、雪花、晶體反應等，展現橫跨生物、化學、地科等學科的豐富觀察對象。每一個實驗案例皆附有詳盡的原理說明、材料準備、步驟說明與實拍圖片，讓學生與教師可以輕鬆上手、深入探究。教學延伸，提升素養除了作為課堂教學的輔助教材，本書更是課外探究與科展研究的實用工具。書中許多案例雖源於課本內容，卻進一步延伸、深化，透過探究任務與創意拍攝，引導學生不只看見 ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

走進肉眼看不見的世界展開顯微鏡下的奇幻旅程讓觀察成為冒險，點燃孩子探索的熱情從觀察開始，打開生命之窗本書是一部結合科學實驗、教育指導與藝術觀察的創新圖書。由生物教師吳成軍帶領13位優秀教師，精選出多個精彩實驗，為國中、小學生提供一套有系統且操作性強的顯微觀察指南。本書不僅介紹如何製作標本與使用數位液晶顯微鏡，更透過豐富圖片和清楚解說，帶領讀者親自進入微觀世界，體驗科學的神奇與美麗。內容多元，跨科整合本書實驗素材涵蓋池塘生物、水果、葉片、真菌、雪花、晶體反應等，展現橫跨生物、化學、地科等學科的豐富觀察對象。每一個實驗案例皆附有詳盡的原理說明、材料準備、步驟說明與實拍圖片，讓學生與教師可以輕鬆上手、深入探究。教學延伸，提升素養除了作為課堂教學的輔助教材，本書更是課外探究與科展研究的實用工具。書中許多案例雖源於課本內容，卻進一步延伸、深化，透過探究任務與創意拍攝，引導學生不只看見
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Optical Mineralogy

Principles And Practice

by Colin D Gribble ...

Covering theory and practice, this wide-ranging introductory textbook covers the main optical properties of rock-forming minerals that can be recognized under the polarizing microscope. The authors elucidate the basic elements of microscopy, the theory of light transmission through translucent minerals, and the properties of light reflected from op ... Read more

$172.35 CAD

Covering theory and practice, this wide-ranging introductory textbook covers the main optical properties of rock-forming minerals that can be recognized under the polarizing microscope. The authors elucidate the basic elements of microscopy, the theory of light transmission through translucent minerals, and the properties of light reflected from op
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Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology

by Guy Cox ...

Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology, Second Edition covers the field of biological microscopy, from the optics of the microscope to the latest advances in imaging below the traditional resolution limit. It includes the techniques-such as labeling by immunofluorescence and fluorescent proteins-which have revolutionized cell biology. Quantitat ... Read more

$122.14 CAD

Optical Imaging Techniques in Cell Biology, Second Edition covers the field of biological microscopy, from the optics of the microscope to the latest advances in imaging below the traditional resolution limit. It includes the techniques-such as labeling by immunofluorescence and fluorescent proteins-which have revolutionized cell biology. Quantitat
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Immuno-Gold Electron Microscopy in Virus Diagnosis and Research

by Alexander D. Hyatt, Bryan Eaton ...

This book presents a wide variety of immuno-gold techniques for use in virus diagnosis and research. Protocols are presented for state-of-the-art techniques, including in situ hybridization, freeze substitution, and the utilization of ultra-small probes and replicas for use by virologists and electron microscopists identifying and studying viruses, their components, and replication in cells. The ... Read more

$651.47 CAD

This book presents a wide variety of immuno-gold techniques for use in virus diagnosis and research. Protocols are presented for state-of-the-art techniques, including in situ hybridization, freeze substitution, and the utilization of ultra-small probes and replicas for use by virologists and electron microscopists identifying and studying viruses, their components, and replication in cells. The
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Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy

Edited by Frances M. Ross ...

Series series Advances in Microscopy and Microanalysis
The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids, ... Read more

$227.19 CAD

The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids,
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Light and Video Microscopy

by Randy O. Wayne ...

The purpose of this book is to provide the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy. Light and Video Microscopy will prepare the reader for the accurate interpretation of an image and understanding of the living cell. With the presentation of geometrical optics, it will assist the reader in understanding image formation and light movement within the microscope. It ... Read more

$131.19 CAD

The purpose of this book is to provide the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy. Light and Video Microscopy will prepare the reader for the accurate interpretation of an image and understanding of the living cell. With the presentation of geometrical optics, it will assist the reader in understanding image formation and light movement within the microscope. It
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Самая главная молекула. От структуры ДНК к биомедицине 21 века

by Максим Франк-Каменецкий ...

Из всего, что нас окружает, самой необъяснимой кажется жизнь. Мы привыкли, что она всегда вокруг нас и в нас самих, и потеряли способность удивляться. Но пойдите в лес, взгляните так, будто вы их увидели впервые, на деревья, траву, цветы, на птиц и муравьев, и вас охватит чувство беспомощности перед лицом великой тайны жизни. Неужели во всем этом есть нечто общее, нечто такое, что объединяет все ... Read more

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Из всего, что нас окружает, самой необъяснимой кажется жизнь. Мы привыкли, что она всегда вокруг нас и в нас самих, и потеряли способность удивляться. Но пойдите в лес, взгляните так, будто вы их увидели впервые, на деревья, траву, цветы, на птиц и муравьев, и вас охватит чувство беспомощности перед лицом великой тайны жизни. Неужели во всем этом есть нечто общее, нечто такое, что объединяет все
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Digital Microscopy

Edited by Greenfield Sluder, David E. Wolf ...

Series Book 114 - Methods in Cell Biology
The previous edition of this book marked the shift in technology from video to digital camera use with microscope use in biological science. This new edition presents some of the optical fundamentals needed to provide a quality image to the digital camera. Specifically, it covers the fundamental geometric optics of finite- and infinity-corrected microscopes, develops the concepts of physical ... Read more

$163.99 CAD

The previous edition of this book marked the shift in technology from video to digital camera use with microscope use in biological science. This new edition presents some of the optical fundamentals needed to provide a quality image to the digital camera. Specifically, it covers the fundamental geometric optics of finite- and infinity-corrected microscopes, develops the concepts of physical
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Electron Nano-imaging

Basics of Imaging and Diffraction for TEM and STEM

by Nobuo Tanaka ...

Series series Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
In this second edition, most chapters of the first edition, which published in 2017, have been revised and recent advancement of electron microscopy such as differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM, sparse-coding image processing and quantum electron microscopy have been supplemented with further details. This book explains the basis of imaging and diffraction in transmission electron microscopy ... Read more

$128.99 CAD

In this second edition, most chapters of the first edition, which published in 2017, have been revised and recent advancement of electron microscopy such as differential phase contrast (DPC) STEM, sparse-coding image processing and quantum electron microscopy have been supplemented with further details. This book explains the basis of imaging and diffraction in transmission electron microscopy
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Nanocharacterization Techniques

Edited by Alessandra Luzia Da Róz, Fábio de Lima Leite, Osvaldo de Oliveira Jr, Ferreira LG Marystela ...

Series series Micro and Nano Technologies
Nanocharacterization Techniques covers the main characterization techniques used in nanomaterials and nanostructures. The chapters focus on the fundamental aspects of characterization techniques and their distinctive approaches. Significant advances that have taken place over recent years in refining techniques are covered, and the mathematical foundations needed to use the techniques are also ... Read more

$123.99 CAD

Nanocharacterization Techniques covers the main characterization techniques used in nanomaterials and nanostructures. The chapters focus on the fundamental aspects of characterization techniques and their distinctive approaches. Significant advances that have taken place over recent years in refining techniques are covered, and the mathematical foundations needed to use the techniques are also
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Bioimaging Modalities in Bioengineering

Edited by Ibrahim Fatih Cengiz, Joaquim M. Oliveira, Rui L. Reis ...

Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
This book provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the bioimaging tools used in preclinical research in life sciences. It is divided into three sections: Fundamentals and Applications of Bioimaging Tools in Preclinical Research, Functional, Quantitative, and Advanced Multimodal Approaches in Preclinical Bioimaging, and Emerging Technologies and Computational Advances in Bioimaging. While ... Read more

$258.09 CAD

This book provides a comprehensive and concise overview of the bioimaging tools used in preclinical research in life sciences. It is divided into three sections: Fundamentals and Applications of Bioimaging Tools in Preclinical Research, Functional, Quantitative, and Advanced Multimodal Approaches in Preclinical Bioimaging, and Emerging Technologies and Computational Advances in Bioimaging. While
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