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Microcosmos
Brandon Broll
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Description for Microcosmos
Paperback. Microcosmos is a remarkable photo-journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images. Num Pages: 224 pages, 203 colour photos. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Microcosmos is a remarkable photo-journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images. This new edition lifts the book to breathtaking realms. The extraordinary images, produced with the latest microphotography technologies, are displayed on more readerfriendly larger page layouts. Most of the 205 full-colour photographs were taken using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which allows us to see our world as never before. Each page features a single image, a remarkable close-up that reveals form, shape and colour in incredible detail. The book is divided into six chapters that cover: Microorganisms, Botany, The human body, Zoology, Minerals, Technology. Every photograph is accompanied ... Read more
Microcosmos is a remarkable photo-journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images. This new edition lifts the book to breathtaking realms. The extraordinary images, produced with the latest microphotography technologies, are displayed on more readerfriendly larger page layouts. Most of the 205 full-colour photographs were taken using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), which allows us to see our world as never before. Each page features a single image, a remarkable close-up that reveals form, shape and colour in incredible detail. The book is divided into six chapters that cover: Microorganisms, Botany, The human body, Zoology, Minerals, Technology. Every photograph is accompanied ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd Canada
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
1131g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9781554077144
SKU
V9781554077144
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-3
About Brandon Broll
Brandon Broll is a London-based journalist specializing in science and medicine who has published stories on subjects as diverse as brainmapping and crash-test dummies. His work appears regularly in The Guardian, and in international publications such as Reader's Digest.
Reviews for Microcosmos
Here are things you may think you have seen, such as rocks or plants, as well as parts of the human body, magnified to show you things you couldn't have seen. Folic acid and mescaline are amazing
even far out-in their colours and details.
(12/18/2010) [Review of hardcover edition: ] A journey into everydy life through spectacular microscopic images... 205 extraordinary ... Read more
even far out-in their colours and details.
(12/18/2010) [Review of hardcover edition: ] A journey into everydy life through spectacular microscopic images... 205 extraordinary ... Read more