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This book elegantly introduces the microscopic world through graceful design and stunning photography. It showcases the everyday wonders hidden from the naked eye, revealing intricate structures and a living world filled with tiny insects, spiders, and even microscopic organisms like bacteria and viruses. Earth is home to an astounding variety of microbes, which outweigh humans by a staggering 1,100 to 1, and are essential for the stability of ecosystems. The book highlights both these vital microbes and larger life forms in extreme close-up, allowing readers to appreciate the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, a fungus spore, and a human nerve cell. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, the imagery includes focus-stacked macro photographs and scanning electron micrographs. Accompanying illustrations explain scientific concepts, from the mechanics of an insect's eye to the process of photosynthesis in plants. This work serves as a comprehensive reference, exploring how all organisms, regardless of size, tackle fundamental challenges related to movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defense. It offers a beautiful and surprising perspective on the natural world.
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Micro Life, Autorenkollektiv
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Titel
- Micro Life
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Autorenkollektiv
- Verlag
- Dorling Kindersley Ltd.
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 336
- ISBN10
- 0241412757
- ISBN13
- 9780241412756
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Wissenschaft & Mathematik, Natur, Naturwissenschaften, Tiere, Biologie, Handbücher und Anleitungen, Wissenschaft
- Bewertung
- 4 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- This book elegantly introduces the microscopic world through graceful design and stunning photography. It showcases the everyday wonders hidden from the naked eye, revealing intricate structures and a living world filled with tiny insects, spiders, and even microscopic organisms like bacteria and viruses. Earth is home to an astounding variety of microbes, which outweigh humans by a staggering 1,100 to 1, and are essential for the stability of ecosystems. The book highlights both these vital microbes and larger life forms in extreme close-up, allowing readers to appreciate the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, a fungus spore, and a human nerve cell. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, the imagery includes focus-stacked macro photographs and scanning electron micrographs. Accompanying illustrations explain scientific concepts, from the mechanics of an insect's eye to the process of photosynthesis in plants. This work serves as a comprehensive reference, exploring how all organisms, regardless of size, tackle fundamental challenges related to movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defense. It offers a beautiful and surprising perspective on the natural world.