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How to Build a Digital Microscope - Construct a Reliable, Inexpensive Microscope for both Regular and Polarized Light Microscopy

by Lasse Lu Pedersen ...

The microscope is the most important tool in the microbiologists toolbox. Nowadays, several companies sell very well made microscopes, but such a luxury was unknown to the earliest microbiologists. They had to build their own microscopes, and many advancements to the science of microbiology were made by people who managed to improve on their own private microscopes.While basic models have become ... Read more

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The microscope is the most important tool in the microbiologists toolbox. Nowadays, several companies sell very well made microscopes, but such a luxury was unknown to the earliest microbiologists. They had to build their own microscopes, and many advancements to the science of microbiology were made by people who managed to improve on their own private microscopes.While basic models have become
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Deep Learning for the Life Sciences

Applying Deep Learning to Genomics, Microscopy, Drug Discovery, and More

by Bharath Ramsundar, Peter Eastman, Pat Walters, Vijay Pande ...

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields.Ideal for practicing developers and scientists ready to apply their skills ... Read more

$55.99 USD

Deep learning has already achieved remarkable results in many fields. Now it’s making waves throughout the sciences broadly and the life sciences in particular. This practical book teaches developers and scientists how to use deep learning for genomics, chemistry, biophysics, microscopy, medical analysis, and other fields.Ideal for practicing developers and scientists ready to apply their skills
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The Topography of Tears

by Rose-Lynn Fisher ...

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

“When you first view Rose-Lynn Fisher’s photographs, you might think you’re looking down at the world from an airplane, at dunes, skyscrapers or shorelines. In fact, you’re looking at her tears. . . . [There’s] poetry in the idea that our emotional terrain bears visual resemblance to the physical world; that our tears can look like the vistas we see out an airplane window. Fisher’s images are the
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Micrographia

Tabled & Illustrated

by Robert Hook ...

Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most ... Read more

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Micrographia is a historic book by Robert Hooke, detailing the then thirty-year-old Hooke's observations through various lenses. Published in September 1665, the first major publication of the Royal Society, it was the first scientific best-seller, inspiring a wide public interest in the new science of microscopy. It is also notable for coining the biological term cell.Observations:Hooke most
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A Practical Guide to Ore Microscopy—Volume 1

Mineral Identification

by Ricardo Castroviejo ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book offers a guide to the microscopic study of metallic ores with reflected light. It combines a rigorous approach with an attractive and easy-to-follow format, using high-quality calibrated photomicrographs to illustrate the use of color for ore identification. The ore identification methodology is updated with systematic color analysis and the application of new multispectral reflectance ... Read more

$143.99 USD

This book offers a guide to the microscopic study of metallic ores with reflected light. It combines a rigorous approach with an attractive and easy-to-follow format, using high-quality calibrated photomicrographs to illustrate the use of color for ore identification. The ore identification methodology is updated with systematic color analysis and the application of new multispectral reflectance
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An Introduction to Digital Photomicrography

by Brian Matsumoto, Carol Roullard ...

An Introduction to Digital Photomicrography is written for the hobbyist and the neophyte who wants to take pictures through the microscope. The book includes a description of the parts of the microscope; how to use adjust lighting; types of digital cameras; controls for adjusting digital cameras; choosing a video camera and controls for videography.An introductory guide for the hobbyist who wants ... Read more

$17.99 USD

An Introduction to Digital Photomicrography is written for the hobbyist and the neophyte who wants to take pictures through the microscope. The book includes a description of the parts of the microscope; how to use adjust lighting; types of digital cameras; controls for adjusting digital cameras; choosing a video camera and controls for videography.An introductory guide for the hobbyist who wants
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Scanning Electron Microscopy for the Life Sciences

Edited by Heide Schatten, PhD ...

Series series Advances in Microscopy and Microanalysis
Recent developments in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have resulted in a wealth of new applications for cell and molecular biology, as well as related biological disciplines. It is now possible to analyze macromolecular complexes within their three-dimensional cellular microenvironment in near native states at high resolution and to identify specific molecules and their structural and ... Read more

$146.99 USD

Recent developments in scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have resulted in a wealth of new applications for cell and molecular biology, as well as related biological disciplines. It is now possible to analyze macromolecular complexes within their three-dimensional cellular microenvironment in near native states at high resolution and to identify specific molecules and their structural and
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Introduction to Optical Microscopy

by Jerome Mertz ...

This fully updated, self-contained textbook covering modern optical microscopy equips students with a solid understanding of the theory underlying a range of advanced techniques. Two new chapters cover pump-probe techniques, and imaging in scattering media, and additional material throughout covers light-sheet microscopy, image scanning microscopy, and much more. An array of practical techniques ... Read more

$103.99 USD

This fully updated, self-contained textbook covering modern optical microscopy equips students with a solid understanding of the theory underlying a range of advanced techniques. Two new chapters cover pump-probe techniques, and imaging in scattering media, and additional material throughout covers light-sheet microscopy, image scanning microscopy, and much more. An array of practical techniques
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Bildatlas Histologie, Mikrobiologie und Hämatologie für Ausbildung und Beruf

by Johannes H. Bannasch ...

Die clevere Alternative zu teuren Spezialwerken: Alle drei medizinischen Mikroskopiefächer in einem handlichen AtlasDie mikroskopische Darstellung und Bestimmung von Zellen und Geweben ist ein integraler Bestandteil zahlreicher medizinischer Ausbildungsgänge, vom Laboranten zum technischen Assistenten bis hin zum Humanmediziner. Anhand von mehr als 200 vierfarbigen Abbildungen dokumentiert der ... Read more

$45.00 USD

Die clevere Alternative zu teuren Spezialwerken: Alle drei medizinischen Mikroskopiefächer in einem handlichen AtlasDie mikroskopische Darstellung und Bestimmung von Zellen und Geweben ist ein integraler Bestandteil zahlreicher medizinischer Ausbildungsgänge, vom Laboranten zum technischen Assistenten bis hin zum Humanmediziner. Anhand von mehr als 200 vierfarbigen Abbildungen dokumentiert der
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Quantitative Data Processing in Scanning Probe Microscopy

SPM Applications for Nanometrology

by Petr Klapetek ...

Series series Micro and Nano Technologies
Accurate measurement at the nano-scale – nanometrology – is a critical tool for advanced nanotechnology applications, where exact quantities and engineering precision are beyond the capabilities of traditional measuring techniques and instruments. Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) builds up a picture of a specimen by scanning with a physical probe; unrestrained by the wavelength of light or ... Read more

$176.99 USD

Accurate measurement at the nano-scale – nanometrology – is a critical tool for advanced nanotechnology applications, where exact quantities and engineering precision are beyond the capabilities of traditional measuring techniques and instruments. Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) builds up a picture of a specimen by scanning with a physical probe; unrestrained by the wavelength of light or
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Understanding Light Microscopy

by Jeremy Sanderson ...

Series series RMS - Royal Microscopical Society
Introduces readers to the enlightening world of the modern light microscopeThere have been rapid advances in science and technology over the last decade, and the light microscope, together with the information that it gives about the image, has changed too. Yet the fundamental principles of setting up and using a microscope rests upon unchanging physical principles that have been understood for ... Read more

$173.00 USD

Introduces readers to the enlightening world of the modern light microscopeThere have been rapid advances in science and technology over the last decade, and the light microscope, together with the information that it gives about the image, has changed too. Yet the fundamental principles of setting up and using a microscope rests upon unchanging physical principles that have been understood for
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Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy

Edited by Frances M. Ross ...

Series series Advances in Microscopy and Microanalysis
The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids, ... Read more

$202.99 USD

The first book on the topic, with each chapter written by pioneers in the field, this essential resource details the fundamental theory, applications, and future developments of liquid cell electron microscopy. This book describes the techniques that have been developed to image liquids in both transmission and scanning electron microscopes, including general strategies for examining liquids,
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Team Microscope Endodontics

Carr’s Guidelines to Best Practice

by Kehn E. Yapp, Carlos Aznar Portoles ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book is a complete guide on how to use a microscope as a team for all endodontic procedures. Readers will learn how to create an environment where every clinical task is done efficiently with the highest level of teamwork. All foundational principles are covered including how to design a surgery, choose a microscope setup, position the equipment, train an assistant, perform all procedures ... Read more

$161.99 USD

This book is a complete guide on how to use a microscope as a team for all endodontic procedures. Readers will learn how to create an environment where every clinical task is done efficiently with the highest level of teamwork. All foundational principles are covered including how to design a surgery, choose a microscope setup, position the equipment, train an assistant, perform all procedures
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Nanomedicines for Effective Cancer Therapy

Edited by Hitoshi Kasai, Hiroshi Uji-i, Johan Hofkens ...

Series series Medicine (R0)
This book describes in detail the most up-to-date designs and fabrication techniques for nanomedicines toward effective cancer therapy, while especially emphasizing the biological interaction of nanomedicines at the cellular level, through comprehensive and visual cutting-edge technologies. Unlike other books on the general subject of medicine or drug delivery, this book provides readers the ... Read more

$179.99 USD

This book describes in detail the most up-to-date designs and fabrication techniques for nanomedicines toward effective cancer therapy, while especially emphasizing the biological interaction of nanomedicines at the cellular level, through comprehensive and visual cutting-edge technologies. Unlike other books on the general subject of medicine or drug delivery, this book provides readers the
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Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification

by Nicholas Petraco ...

In the wake of the Daubert ruling, the use of forensic toolmark evidence in court has been problematic, in that the conclusions of forensic scientists as to toolmark origin often lack scientifically sound statistical proof. In the Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination ... Read more

$88.99 USD

In the wake of the Daubert ruling, the use of forensic toolmark evidence in court has been problematic, in that the conclusions of forensic scientists as to toolmark origin often lack scientifically sound statistical proof. In the Color Atlas of Forensic Toolmark Identification, noted forensic expert Nicholas Petraco helps move toolmark examination
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Bone Histology

An Anthropological Perspective

Edited by Christian Crowder, Sam Stout ...

A broad understanding of bone and tooth microstructure is necessary for constructing the biological profile of an individual or individuals within a population. Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective brings together authors with extensive experience and expertise in various aspects of hard tissue histology to provide a comprehensive discuss ... Read more

$115.99 USD

A broad understanding of bone and tooth microstructure is necessary for constructing the biological profile of an individual or individuals within a population. Bone Histology: An Anthropological Perspective brings together authors with extensive experience and expertise in various aspects of hard tissue histology to provide a comprehensive discuss
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A Pictorial Guide to Metamorphic Rocks in the Field

by Kurt Hollocher ...

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale ... Read more

$73.99 USD

This book is an illustrative introduction to metamorphic rocks as seen in the field, designed for advanced high school to graduate-level earth science and geology students to jump-start their observational skills. In addition to photographs of rocks in the field, there are numerous line diagrams and examples of metamorphic features shown in thin section. The thin section photos are all at a scale
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Fluorescence Imaging and Biological Quantification

Edited by Raquel Seruca, Jasjit S. Suri, J. Miquel Sanches ...

This comprehensive reference work details the latest developments in fluorescence imaging and related biological quantification. It explores the most recent techniques in this imaging technology through the utilization and incorporation of quantification analysis which makes this book unique. It also covers super resolution microscopy with the introduction of 3D imaging and high resolution ... Read more

$145.99 USD

This comprehensive reference work details the latest developments in fluorescence imaging and related biological quantification. It explores the most recent techniques in this imaging technology through the utilization and incorporation of quantification analysis which makes this book unique. It also covers super resolution microscopy with the introduction of 3D imaging and high resolution
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Introduction to Practical Ore Microscopy

by P.R. Ineson ...

Series series Longman Earth Science Series
First published in 1989. This book is designed to be an introduction to Ore microscopy, which is the traditional name for the study of opaque minerals using a polarising ‘incident light’ microscope. It is also known as reflected light microscopy. It has applications in the fields of mineralogy, economic geology, mineral dressing, metallurgy and in the study of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary ... Read more

$91.99 USD

First published in 1989. This book is designed to be an introduction to Ore microscopy, which is the traditional name for the study of opaque minerals using a polarising ‘incident light’ microscope. It is also known as reflected light microscopy. It has applications in the fields of mineralogy, economic geology, mineral dressing, metallurgy and in the study of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary
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Microscopie

Les Grands Articles d'Universalis

by Encyclopaedia Universalis, Les Grands Articles ...

La révolution qui consiste, à la fin du XVIe siècle, à regarder « à la loupe » non plus directement un objet, mais son image agrandie est à l'origine de la microscopie. L'étymologie (du grec mikros, petit, et skopein, examiner) renvoie à l'examen d'objets ou de détails d'objets à peine perceptibles... ... Read more

$6.99 USD

La révolution qui consiste, à la fin du XVIe siècle, à regarder « à la loupe » non plus directement un objet, mais son image agrandie est à l'origine de la microscopie. L'étymologie (du grec mikros, petit, et skopein, examiner) renvoie à l'examen d'objets ou de détails d'objets à peine perceptibles...
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The Measurement of Grain Boundary Geometry

by Valerie Randle ...

Series series Series in Microscopy in Materials Science
As the selection of material for particular engineering properties becomes increasingly important in keeping costs down, methods for evaluating material properties also become more relevant. One such method examines the geometry of grain boundaries, which reveals much about the properties of the material. Studying material properties from their geometrical measurements, The Measurement of Grain ... Read more

$60.99 USD

As the selection of material for particular engineering properties becomes increasingly important in keeping costs down, methods for evaluating material properties also become more relevant. One such method examines the geometry of grain boundaries, which reveals much about the properties of the material. Studying material properties from their geometrical measurements, The Measurement of Grain
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Secondary Electron Energy Spectroscopy In The Scanning Electron Microscope

by Anjam Khursheed ...

This book deals with the subject of secondary energy spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The SEM is a widely used research instrument for scientific and engineering research and its low energy scattered electrons, known as secondary electrons, are used mainly for the purpose of nanoscale topographic imaging. This book demonstrates the advantages of carrying out precision ... Read more

$84.99 USD

This book deals with the subject of secondary energy spectroscopy in the scanning electron microscope (SEM). The SEM is a widely used research instrument for scientific and engineering research and its low energy scattered electrons, known as secondary electrons, are used mainly for the purpose of nanoscale topographic imaging. This book demonstrates the advantages of carrying out precision
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Microworlds

by David Wilkinson ...

Series Book 151 - Collins New Naturalist Library
Microworlds brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eyeopener for all naturalists.For most of the history of life on Earth all life was microscopic, and even today most of biodiversity is still microscopic. Until the invention of the microscope in the seventeenth century all this diverse microworld was completely ... Read more

$64.99 USD

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Microworlds brings to life a whole new ecosystem populated by a bewildering array of forms living extraordinary lives. It is a remarkable eyeopener for all naturalists.For most of the history of life on Earth all life was microscopic, and even today most of biodiversity is still microscopic. Until the invention of the microscope in the seventeenth century all this diverse microworld was completely
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Cutaneous Atlas of Ex Vivo Confocal Microscopy

Edited by Manu Jain, Anthony Rossi, Kishwer Nehal, Mercedes Sendín-Martín ...

This atlas provides a detailed overview of the novel technique of ex vivo confocal microscopy for rapid imaging of excised tissues in dermatological practice. It features an extensive collection of ex vivo images acquired from normal skin structures and from a variety of neoplastic lesions (benign and malignant) and inflammatory lesions. Each chapter contains several image types of a particular ... Read more

$152.99 USD

This atlas provides a detailed overview of the novel technique of ex vivo confocal microscopy for rapid imaging of excised tissues in dermatological practice. It features an extensive collection of ex vivo images acquired from normal skin structures and from a variety of neoplastic lesions (benign and malignant) and inflammatory lesions. Each chapter contains several image types of a particular
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