microscopy

Discusses how microscopes are used in a wide variety of fields, for example, medicine, biology, crime investigation and crystals.

Introduces in text and illustrations the process and techniques of photographing a variety of items, including rocks, metals, chemicals, food, plants, and animal tissue, through a microscope.

Presents a study of the discovery of the first microscope and discusses the various forms of life that can be seen through one.

Discusses the development and operation of microscopes, how to make slides, and the technique to use in studying them.

Presents photographs of miscroscopic items on everyday things, enlarged thousands of times.

Presents a leaf that breathes through its own pair of lips, soil teeming with millions of tiny creatures, and many more microscopic marvels.

Presents the tiny creatures floating in the ocean, the sparkling eyes of a scallop, and other microscopic marvels of the sea.

Presents the capsules that cast hundreds of tiny fern spores into the wind, an ivy leaf's delicate network of veins, and many more microscopic marvels.

Presents powerful jumping insects that live on dogs, the hooks that make a cat's tongue rough, and other microscopic marvels of the animal world.

Introduces microscopy, including tips on choosing a microscope, and explains the basics of optics and illumination in using one. Also offers instruction on microscope photography and sketching.