Microcosmos: Discovering the World Through Microscopic Images from 20 X to Over 22 Million X Magnification (Hardcover)

by Brandon Broll (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
A journey into everydy life through spectacular microscopic images... 205 extraordinary full-color photos. (The New Hampshire Union Leader 20071212)

Visually stunning ... Anyone who is interested in seeing how things appear when magnified will find Microcosmos fascinating.... Recommended. (Barbara McMillan, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba Canadian Materials, Vol 114(7), University of Mani 2007113)

[A] visually arresting collection ... Broil's informative text highlights the noteworthy features of each image. (Pacific Shipper (Long Beach, CA) )

An amazing array of shapes and textures that would be the envy of Joan Miró. (Alexander Theroux The Wall Street Journal )

Visually arresting collection... provides examples of SEM images from a wide variety of sources.. informative text highlights the noteworthy feature of each image. (Science News )

An extremely well-produced collection of colorized micrographs that are technically good and quite interesting.... I recommend Brandon Brollâ€(tm)s Microcosmos highly. (Richard M. Jamison, emeritus, [micrographer] Louisiana State Medical Centre, Shreveport LA Science Books & Films )

Product Description
A journey into everyday life through spectacular microscopic images.

This substantial volume brings together extraordinary images produced through the latest technologies in microphotography. Most of the 205 stunning, full-color photographs have been taken using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), allowing us to see our world as never before.

Each image is a close-up that reveals remarkable forms, shapes and colors. The book is divided into six chapters that cover:
- Micro-organisms
- Zoology
- Botany
- Minerals
- The human body
- Technology

Every spread includes complete, informative captions that identify the photograph and describe both the image and the way in which it was captured.

With its stunning full-color photographs and text written in clear and accessible language, Microcosmos provides a fascinating journey of discovery.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 432 pages
• Publisher: Firefly Books; Stated First Printing edition (August 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554072379
• ISBN-13: 978-1554072378
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #180,458 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Go Wrong, January 7, 2008

By	Bruce Deitrick Price (Norfolk, Va.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I try to confine my Amazon reviews to serious books about education and philosophy. When Amazon sent an email asking me to review this book (because, after all, I had bought it), I thought, no, I don't want to blur what I'm doing.

But what the heck, folks, this is a wonderful book. It's your perfect gift for smarter people. Not costly. Beautifully designed. Not a coffee table book, by the way, but sort of petite.

I'm a big believer in telling students about the very large and the very small (as people tend to think that the world they can see around them is pretty much all there is). Microcosmos is the perfect first portal into the unseen all about us. I'm also a big believer in trying to excite in people a sense of awe and wonder (as an educational tool). Microcosmos excites.

This book contains more than 200 color photographs divided into six categories: Microorganisms, Botanics, Human Body, Zoology, Minerals, and Technology.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great image source for fine artist, February 26, 2008

By	K. Smith "artbotprof" (SE Missouri) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A great photography book of images that provide new shape and texture ideas in my artwork. Also using it as a resource for shape exercises with my drawing students.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful and fascinating, February 25, 2009

By	Science Goddess (Champaign, IL United States) - See all my reviews

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Hi, this is Joanne, a bioengineering instructor at the University of Illinois. I read science books and review them. See more at my youtube site http://www.youtube.com/user/joannelovesscience

I know how to do all of the techniques used to create the images in this book and have an extra special appreciation for it. Lovely images, amazing to browse through!