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This program covers the basic optical properties of the microscope and demonstrates the correct procedure to set up bright field illumination. It shows the technique of oil immersion and describes the calibration of the eyepiece graticule. Filmed in a clinical environment at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, living samples are viewed under bright field, phase contrast, differential interference contrast and fluorescent microscopy.
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In November 2017, the Scan Pyramids research team announced they had made a historic discovery, using cutting-edge, non-invasive technology, they discovered several new cavities within the Great Pyramid. This is the biggest discovery to happen in the Pyramids in centuries.
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Also includes information on Scientific notation, including measurement systems, conversion factors, temperature, chemical elements and nomenclature, symbols in scientific writing, and the Greek alphabet. Includes study guides on Agriculture, Forestry and Soils, Anthropology and Archeology, Astronomy, Biological and Biomedical Science, Chemistry, Computing and Information Technology, Earth Science, Electronics, Engineering and Technology, Environmental...
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"Mysteries of the Unseen World transports audiences to places on this planet that they have never been before, to see things that are beyond their normal vision, yet literally right in front of their eyes. Mysteries of the Unseen World reveals phenomena that can't be seen with the naked eye, taking audiences into earthly worlds secreted away in different dimensions of time and scale. Viewers experience events that unfold too slowly for human perception....
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Examines the role of bacteria as major player in Earth's biodiversity. Professor Dyer delves into the history of microbiology, the four billion year history of bacteria and archaea as the dominant organisms on Earth, and the place of pathogens in the greater context of the bacterial world.
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Reading rainbow volume 34
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The book explains what germs are, how bacteria and viruses affect the human body, and how the body fights against them. Other segments include: Finding out about germs: LeVar uses a microscope to discover what germs really look like ; How your body fights germs: animation featuring the body's defense team works in action ; How bacteria can help: a visit to an organic farm illustrates how micro-organisms are important to growing food.
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"This is a perfect microscope for students to learn science. It comes with full optical glass elements, metal framework, 360 degree rotatable monocular head, coarse & fine focusing, and LED illumination. It offers five magnification settings, 40X, 100X, 250X, 400X and 1000X. It is an ideal microscope for home school or for students from elementary to high school. It is also an excellent instrument for hobbyists."--Product Web site
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"The ingenuity evidenced during the Renaissance was not just limited to the fine arts. A number of scientists and inventors also made astonishing breakthroughs in astronomy, medicine, physics, and more. Readers examine the scientific revolution, profiling Isaac Newton, Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo, and many other great thinkers who transformed the scientific and mechanical worlds."--Publisher description.
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Very short introductions volume 406
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Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that we are only now beginning to understand. Exploring the traditional strand of mineralogy, which emphasizes the important mineral families, the well-established analytical methods (optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction) and the dramatic developments made in techniques over recent decades, David Vaughan...
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"this book will be the comprehensive reference of cutaneous malignancies with many descriptive color illustrations. Important topics that are of utmost interest to many are: laser in skin cancer diagnosis, optical coherence tomography in skin cancer diagnosis, Mohs micrographic surgery, hiper Ig-E syndrome and hypereosinophilic syndrome, and confocal laser scanning microscopy" — Provided by publisher.
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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis draws together topics and methodologies essential for the socio-cultural, mineralogical, and geochemical analysis of archaelogical ceramic. Ceramic is one of the most complex and ubiquitous archaeomaterials in the archaeological record: it occurs around the world and through time in almost every culture and context, from building materials and technological installations to utilitarian wares and...
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