microscope and microscopy

A guide to exploring the microscopic world of plants and animals, including suggestions for photographing specimens and examining microscopic causes of air and water pollution.

Information about different kinds of magnifying instruments and how they are used accompanies pop-up illustrations and photographs showing how ordinary things appear when magnified.

Discusses the development of microscopes and telescopes, how they work, and how to select and use them.

Discusses the history and development of the microscope and the unseen world which it has made available for our study.

Explains the principles of magnification, reveals the world of microbes and viruses, and looks at human cells.

Describes the various parts of a telescope and microscope and their function and discusses the uses of these instruments and how to operate them properly.

Photographs taken with a powerful scanning electron microscope reveal the composition of numerous common objects including hair, salt crystals, and a pin.

Relates in rhyme the famous Dutch scientist's penchant for viewing things with a microscope, through which he made remarkable observations.