Adventures With a Hand Lens - Brossura

Headstrom, Richard; Headstrom, Birger Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0486233308 ISBN 13: 9780486233307

Casa editrice: Dover Pubns, 2003

Riassunto

With an ordinary magnifying glass and this book as your guide, 50 adventures in close observation await you. These entertaining nature studies take you on field trips in and around your home, calling attention to interesting features of dozens of familiar or overlooked plants, insects, and other animals, and common materials like cloth, quartz, and the paper on which this book is printed.
A great deal of basic natural-science theory and detail is presented in this delightful narrative. Flowers and grasses, fish scales, moth and insect wings, egg cases, buds, feathers, seeds, leaf scars, moss, molds, ferns, and common crystals are among the many structures examined, often comparatively. Many natural processes and behavior patterns are observed — seed dispersal and other methods of reproduction, protective coloration, rusting symbiosis, fertilization of the soil, breathing and case building of insects, and many others, all with only an inexpensive hand lens as equipment and with "specimens" you probably pass by going for a walk. More than 200 labeled illustrations accompany the text.
The author is a former teacher and associate curator of the New England Museum of Natural History. No previous science background is assumed of readers, and curious readers of almost any age will find this book an interesting introduction to numerous facets of nature study.

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Contenuti

INTRODUCTION ADVENTURE 1 We Peer through Our Lens at Some Familiar Objects 2 We Listen to Some Music and Discover How It Is Played 3 We Give Seeds More Than a Passing Glance 4 We Become Better Acquainted with the Snail 5 We Inquire into the Nature of Rusting 6 We Meet the Insect Brownies 7 We Visit Fairyland 8 We Examine a Feather 9 We Learn the Meaning of the Word Catkin 10 We Study the Wings of Insects 11 We Watch Some Acrobats Perform 12 We Go Botanizing 13 We Compare Insect Antennae 14 We See How Ants Keep Clean 15 We Find out how the Earthworm Moves 16 We Discover that There Are Different Kinds of Hairs 17 We Spy on the Aphids 18 We Become Familiar with the Eating Habits of Insects 19 We Look a Spider in the Eye 20 We Investigate the Structure of Grass Flowers 21 We Hunt a Lion 22 We Trace a Tadpole's Development 23 We Encounter Some Hitchhikers 24 We Make the Acquaintance of Some Housebuilders 25 We Come Upon Some More Housebuilders 26 We Ascertain how the Leech Sucks Blood 27 We Identify Some Ferns 28 We View the Scale Insects 29 We Undertake the Study of Minerals 30 We Consider Some Diagonistic Characters 31 We Inspect the Breathing Apparatus of Some Aquatic Insects 32 We Do Some Fishing 33 We Turn Our Attention to Buds 34 We Trace Some Tunnels 35 We Continue Our Study of Minerals 36 We Scrutinize a Miniature Pepper Box 37 We Invade the Privacy of Gall Makers 38 We Are Introduced to Some Queer Plants 39 We Stand Corrected that Eggs Are Not Always Egg-Shaped 40 We Play Amateur Petrologists 41 We Marvel at Nature's Ingenuity 42 We Breed Some Flies 43 We Explore the Subject of Variation 44 We Get to Know the Barnacle 45 We Seek the Liverwort 46 We Set Some Traps 47 We Quest for Oil 48 We Assume the Role of Farmers 49 We Are Intrigued by an Ingenious Mechanism 50 We Probe into a Complicated Life History

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Book by Headstrom Richard

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Dover Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0486233308
• ISBN 13: 9780486233307
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 220
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile