microscopy

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microscopy

Skeleton

our body's framework
1998
Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on how the bones, joints, and skeleton function in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Breathing

how we use air
1998
Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on how the repiratory system functions in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Senses

how we connect with the world
1998
Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on the role of the senses and nervous system in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Muscles

how we move and exercise
1998
Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on how the three types of muscles function in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Brain

our body's nerve center
1998
Uses illustrations and microphotography to support lessons on how the brain functions in the human body. Includes definitions of unfamiliar words, and a cumulative index.

Our food

1997
Presents highly magnified looks at a variety of food-related objects, including potato chips, garlic, yeast bubbles, salt crystals, and a salmonella bacterium.

Out of sight

pictures of hidden worlds
2000
Shows pictures of objects which are too small, too far away, or too fast to see without mechanical assistance such as microscopes, telescopes, X-rays, and other techniques.

Our bodies

1997
Presents a human hair that resembles a tree trunk, bones filled with as many holes as a sponge, tunnels in the skin for sweat to pass through, and other microscopic marvels of the human body.

Our home

1997
Examines the tiny holes on a compact disc, the mites that live in household dust, the coiled wire that brings light to our homes, and other microscopic marvels.

Do people really have tiny insects living in their eyelashes?

and other questions about the microscopic world
2011
Answers to seventeen questions about microscopic organisms, including whether or not bacteria is the cause for the common cold and whether money is covered in germs that can make people sick.

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