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Beasties in my backyard / by De la Bédoyère, Camilla,author.(CARDINAL)464726;
A spectacular collection of the weird and wonderful world of creepy crawlies. There are all kinds of bugs lurking in your backyard. Take a close-up peek at the alien-like beasties that are living right under your nose! Stunning images from scanning electron microscopes give a close-up view of incredible minibeasts, revealing every hair on the back of a flea, the beautiful scales on a moth's wing, and the amazing compound eye of a fly. Discover what a fly likes to eat and how it digests its food or how a pond skater can skim across the surface of water. Learn how a colony of ants communicates, and find out if your garden might be home to the fastest beetle in the world.950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Insects;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Bee / by Fisher, Rose-Lynn,1955-;
"Of the ten million or so different species of insects on our planet, none is more fascinating than the honeybee. Magnified hundreds to thousands of times with a high resolution scanning electron microscope, honeybees become architectural masterpieces an elegant fusion of form and function. Now available in paperback, Bee presents sixty astonishing photographs of honeybee anatomy in magnifications ranging from 10x to 5000x. Rendered in stunning detail, these photographs uncover the strange beauty of the honeybee's pattern, form, and structure. These visual discoveries, made otherworldly through photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher's lens, expand the boundaries of our thinking about the natural world and stimulate our imaginations." - Amazon
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Honeybee; Honeybee.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Do not lick this book / by Ben-Barak, Idan.(CARDINAL)356123; Frost, Julian(Illustrator),illustrator.(CARDINAL)679700; Rundgren, Linnea,photographer.(CARDINAL)679769;
Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact, so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before -- like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle of your shirt. The perfect book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at the world.AD480LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Bacteria; Microorganisms;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Do not lick this book* : *it's full of germs / by Ben-Barak, Idan,author.(CARDINAL)356123; Frost, Julian(Illustrator),illustrator.(CARDINAL)679700; Rundgren, Linnea,photographer.(CARDINAL)679769;
Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact, so small that you'd need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book and take Min on an adventure to amazing places she's never seen before -- like the icy glaciers of your tooth or the twisted, tangled jungle of your shirt. The perfect book for anyone who wants to take a closer look at the world.AD480LAD480LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Picture books.; Bacteria; Microorganisms;
Available copies: 43 / Total copies: 52
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Aliens among us : extraordinary portraits of ordinary bugs / by Kariko, Daniel,author.(CARDINAL)855608; Christensen, Tim,author.;
"With more than sixty stunning photographs of pillbugs, silverfish, moths, and other household insects, Aliens Among Us depicts a hidden world flourishing in our homes. Over the course of his photography career, Daniel Kariko came to realize that many of his most stunning subjects could be found in his own subdivision in Greenville, North Carolina. Determined to show the rest of us that his experience is hardly unusual, Kariko utilizes a combination of a Scanning Electron Microscope and optical Stereo Microscope to achieve a portrait-like effect for insects and arthropods. Vibrant in color and surprising in personality, these images reveal such details as the glittering eyes of a horsefly, the strong legs of a centipede, and the fetching smile of a honeybee. Each photograph comes equipped with a full-body illustration from artist Isaac Talley, and fascinating character descriptions from entomologist Tim Christensen. Deftly blurring the lines of art and science, Aliens Among Us is the perfect guidebook for anyone interested in putting a face to the creepers under the couch"--
Subjects: Insects; Arthropoda;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Microcosmos : discovering the world through microscopic images from 20 X to over 20 million X magnification / by Broll, Brandon.(CARDINAL)326422; Science Photo Library.(CARDINAL)326421;
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 by an informative caption that describes the image, how it was captured and the number of magnifications. With the stunning production values of its full-colour photographs and its clearly written text, Microcosmos provides a fascinating journey of discovery for every reader.
Subjects: Nature photography.; Photomicrography.; Photography; Photographie de la nature.; Photomicrographie.; Photographie;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Identification guide to the ant genera of the world / by Bolton, Barry.(CARDINAL)324152;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index.Problems of Classification. Outline of Zoogeography. Preparation of Specimens. Organization and Use of the Book -- The Family FORMICIDAE. Diagnosis of the Family FORMICIDAE. The Extant Subfamilies. Key to Subfamilies Based on External Morphology. New Format Key to Subfamilies -- Subfamily AENICTINAE -- Subfamily AENICTOGITONINAE -- Subfamily ANEURETINAE -- Subfamily APOMYRMINAE -- Subfamily CERAPACHYINAE -- Subfamily DOLICHODERINAE -- Subfamily DORYLINAE -- Subfamily ECITONINAE -- Subfamily FORMICINAE -- Subfamily LEPTANILLINAE -- Subfamily LEPTANILLOIDINAE -- Subfamily MYRMECIINAE -- Subfamily MYRMICINAE -- Subfamily NOTHOMYRMECIINAE -- Subfamily PONERINAE -- Subfamily PSEUDOMYRMECINAE -- The Extinct Subfamilies. Subfamily *ARMANIINAE. Subfamiiy *FORMICIINAE. Subfamily *SPHECOMYRMINAE. Subfamily *PALEOSMINTHURINAE -- References to Faunistic Studies -- Glossary of Morphological Terms.From subarctic tundra to equatorial rainforest, deep in the soil and at the tip of the highest tree, ants are found the world over. This book, by the world's leading ant taxonomist, offers a definitive guide for identifying these ubiquitous insects. Barry Bolton provides identification keys to all the living ant subfamilies and genera, presented in alphabetical order and separated by zoogeographical region. Designed for professional and amateur myrmecologists alike, this guide is as accessible as it is comprehensive, including information on the function and use of identification keys, instructions for preparing specimens for examination, and an illustrated glossary of morphological terms. Over 500 scanning electron microscope photographs illustrate the taxonomic keys.Bolton introduces each subfamily with a diagnosis of the group, followed by synoptic classifications of all genera within each subfamily, notes on broad distribution, and a list of references to all species-rank publications usefull to identification. He also provides a short summary of the extinct subfamilies and includes a checklist of every name ever proposed in the classification of ants, from the rank of family down to subgenus, showing the current status and usage of each. An updated and exhaustively expanded revision of the taxonomic keys found in Holldober and Wilson's The Ants, Bolton's identification guide takes its place alongside that landmark work as the foundation for the study of ants for many years to come.
Subjects: Ants; Ants;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The secrets of sand : a journey into the amazing microscopic world of sand / by Greenberg, Gary,1944-author,photographer.; Kiely, Carol,author,photographer.; Clover, Kate,author,photographer.;
"From the beach to the moon--explore the incredible hidden world of sand, seen through a microscope.To the naked eye, the tiny particles that make up sand are less than inspiring. Under the microscope, however, it's a completely different story. Looking at sand under extreme magnification, we quickly find ourselves immersed in a new world of brilliant colors, organic shapes, and the stunning patterns of nature.Every grain of sand is a snapshot in time: Each grain originated somewhere and is headed somewhere else. Biogenic sands often contain fragments of the hard tissues from marine organisms such as shells, corals, sponges, sea urchins, forams, and bryozoans. When these organisms die, the hard tissues that are left behind erode into some of the most spectacular grains of sand imaginable. In this book, deep-focus microscope photography, x-ray images, and high-resolution scanning electron microscopy reveal their secrets.The Secrets of Sand is a virtual tour of sands from across North America. It shows their origins, the environmental forces that have acted upon them, and their journey from bedrock or invertebrate shell to the fine particles that, in countless billions, form our familiar beaches and dunes. It then moves on to an exploration of lunar sand, which has been formed under such alien conditions that it has no terrestrial counterpart. The Secrets of Sand is an amazing voyage of discovery in the ancient past--and the dynamic present--of the earth and our nearest neighbor"--
Subjects: Sand; Sand; Sand; Sand;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The basics of chemistry / by Cobb, Allan B.,author.(CARDINAL)273828;
Chemistry in industry -- Metals and metallurgy -- Chemistry and the environment -- Chemistry in medicine.Chemistry's role in industry -- Chemistry and metallurgy -- Enviornmental chemistry -- Chemistry's role in medicine -- Biography: Linus Pauling."A fun-filled introduction to matter, the elements of the periodic table, and atoms, electrons, reactions and bonding, and radioactivity, this volume provides young adults with chemistry examples that reflect their real-world interconnections in science. Key terms, easy experiments, and clear illustrations help to guide students through chemical applications. A chapter about Niels Bohr and his model for the atom honors his contribution to atomic structure and to nuclear fission. Tools and techniques, such as a scanning tunneling microscope, Rutherford's gold foil experiment, and a mass spectrometer, highlight this instructive text that is aligned to the Common Core standards."--Grades 7 to 12.
Subjects: Chemistry;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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