Wonders Under a Microscope
Wonders Under a Microscope

Author: Margaret Cosgrove

Publisher:

Published: 1959

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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The author first explains ... how to select, care for, and use a microscope and to make permanent slides, then suggests some of the countless things which can be examined, usually giving an idea of what may be seen. She also gives thumbnail sketches of a few scientists who have conquered the unknown by using the microscope--Booklist.

Under the Microscope
Under the Microscope

Author: Jeremy Burgess

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1990-07-12

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780521399401

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"A celebration of the hidden beauty & variety of microscopic imagery."--Back cover.

Plankton
Plankton

Author: Christian Sardet

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2015-06-05

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 022618871X

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A sequence of elaborate close-up photographs of a diverse range of plankton organisms displays their phosphorescent beauty and translucent colors against contrasting black backgrounds while offering historical and scientific discussions for each depicted species. --Publisher's description.

Master Flea
Master Flea

Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2023-06-08

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13:

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Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann was a contemporary of Ludwig von Beethoven: a composer himself, a music critic, and a late-German-Romantic-movement writer of novels and numerous short stories. His incisive wit and poetic imagery allow the reader to peer into the foibles of society and the follies of human psychology. (In fact, Hoffmann’s wit may have gotten him into a bit of legal trouble, as parts of Master Flea were censored and had to be reworked when authorities disliked certain satirical criticisms of contemporary dealings of the court system.) Join gentleman bachelor Peregrine Tyss as his life as a recluse takes a twist, when he gains an epic advantage of tiny proportions. Part proto-science-fiction and part Romantic fantasy, Master Flea follows the fate of a mysterious, captivating princess at the intersection of numerous suitors, human and insect. Like a lesson from a fable or a tale of classical mythology, Hoffmann’s fairy-tale allegory shows how seeking forbidden knowledge can poison the soul, and how following the heart can heal it.