Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world
With spectacular macro photography and microscope images, this ebook reveals a hidden, living world full of intricate structures beyond the naked eye. Included are the tiniest insects and spiders, but looking deeper, you will discover truly microscopic creatures - even bacteria and viruses.
Earth is home to more microbes, and more different types of microbes, than any other living organism. Bacteria on Earth outweigh humans by 1,100 to 1 and without them, all world ecosystems would collapse. This ebook reveals this vital, unseen realm, but it includes large life-forms too, in extreme close-up, so that you can wonder at the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, the spore of a fungus, and the nerve cell of a human.
The spectacular imagery in Micro Life exploits cutting-edge technology, such as focus-stacked macro photographs, as well as micrographs (microscope images) including scanning electron micrographs. Illustrations nearby explain the science - from the workings of an insect's eye to how a plant "breathes" through its leaves. The biology builds into a reference on how life works - and how all organisms, however small, solve the basic problems of movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defence.
Micro Life is a beautiful and surprising look at the natural world.

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Chris Packham

Unbekannt

Kindersley Ltd., Dorling

Ladybird Books Ltd

Penguin Books Ltd

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

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contents
introduction
scale in the micro world
types of living organisms
macro life up close
getting nourishment
solar-powered microbes
absorbing light
root hairs
topping up nitrogen
fixing nitrogen
bacteria
Escherichia coli
damaging a host
absorbing food
Penicillium
engulfing prey
microbial predator
stinging cells
feeding on particles
connecting mouthparts
insect mouthparts
blood sucker
drinking sap
rasping food
venomous pincers
pre-digesting prey
food into the bloodstream
living in the gut
spinning webs
neither animal nor plant
eating wood
powering the body
energy release
using oxygen
mineral energy
fermentation energy
poisoned by oxygen
gas exchange
breathing tubes
the gills of insects
mammal lungs
carrying oxygen
circulatory system
leaf pores
keeping warm
sensing and responding
sensing the environment
antennae
sensing taste
hearing sound
sensory cells in the ear
judging distance
compound eyes
producing colour
iridescence
producing light
colour changers
nerve cells
coordinating behaviour
moving
beating hairs
Paramecium
crawling cells
swimming with hairs
combs of cilia
simple muscles
contracting muscles
overcoming friction
smooth rowing
controlling buoyancy
tube feet
living at the surface
backswimmers
clinging feet
telescopic legs
jointed legs
catapulting
jumping with legs
insect wings
stabilizing flight
tiniest fliers
flight feather
hitchhiking mites
supporting and protecting
a cell’s internal skeleton
diatoms
microscopic shells
silica skeletons
cellulose armour
sponge spicules
shedding water
chemical defences
skeleton on the outside
staying hidden
echinoderm skeleton
shark skin
vertebrate skeletons
mammal hair
cell walls
supporting stems
leaf surfaces
insect stingers
irritating hairs
stinging hairs
internal defence
reproducing
sabotaging cells
coronavirus
swarming bacteria
asexual reproduction
fertilizing an egg
fungus reproduction
alternating generations
sex in flowering plants
pollen grains
bees
hidden pollination
boom and bust
escaping starvation
competing for mates
parental care
growing and changing
colonies of cells
cell division
developing embryo
insect eggs
how ferns grow
seeds
seed germination
simple plants
growing up as plankton
growing in steps
long and short lifespans
habitats and lifestyles
ubiquitous bacteria
surviving extremes
tardigrades
surviving cold
hanging on
marine plankton
copepods
pond microorganisms
freshwater communities
nematodes
recycling matter
between sand grains
forming galls
mosquitoes
living on skin
living in hair
gut communities
infecting blood cells
brain parasites
plant-fungus partnership
part fungus, part alga
photosynthetic helpers
glossary
index
acknowledgments

Explore the miracles of the microscopic world.
Find out all about the unique and beautiful kingdoms of life at a microscopic scale and how every organism meets the challenges of survival no matter its size. The perfect book for people who enjoy photography, nature, and biology.
Inside the pages of this exciting nature book, you'll find:
- Microscopic life-forms (often neglected), and their larger life-forms in extreme close-ups, revealing details such as nerve cells and hair follicles
- Artworks support the beautiful images, providing a deeper insight into structure and function and building a picture of how living organisms work at a microscopic level
- Comprehensive coverage of the natural world, including all the main groups of living things
- Explores overlooked groups that have a huge role in the natural world: insects, which make up 80 percent of the world's animal species; and bacteria - of which there are more in a human mouth than there are people in the world
- The book is organised according to the main functions of life: movement, reproduction, energy and feeding, sensing the surroundings, defence, etc.
- Foreword for the book written by Chris Packham
Explore the inhabitants of an invisible world in incredible detail with this book which contains macro photography and spectacular microscope imagery. You'll have so much information about the hidden world of intricate structures beyond the naked eye. From the tiniest spiders and insects to even microscopic creatures such as bacteria and viruses, this book contains it all!
See the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, the spore of a fungus, and a human's nerve cell in extreme close up. The amazing imagery in Micro Life contains focus-stacked macro photographs and micrographs (microscope images), including scanning electron micrographs. Illustrations in this book explain the science - from the workings of an insect's eye to how a plant "breathes" through its leaves.
Micro Life is an unexpectedly breathtaking look at the natural world. Find out how life works and how organisms solve the fundamental problems of movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defence. Suitable for all the family, this stunning book makes a wonderful gift for those interested in photography, nature or biology.

"This book combines graceful design and beautiful photography to provide an elegant introduction to microscopic nature Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world With spectacular macro photography and microscope images, this book reveals a hidden, living world full of intricate structures beyond the naked eye. Included are the tiniest insects and spiders, but looking deeper, you will discover truly microscopic creatures - even bacteria and viruses. Earth is home to more microbes, and more different types of microbes, than any other living organism. Bacteria on Earth outweigh humans by 1,100 to 1 and without them, all world ecosystems would collapse. This book reveals this vital, unseen realm, but it includes large life-forms too, in extreme close-up, so that you can wonder at the beauty of a pollen grain, a butterfly egg, the spore of a fungus, and the nerve cell of a human. The spectacular imagery in Micro Life exploits cutting-edge technology, such as focus-stacked macro photographs, as well as micrographs (microscope images) including scanning electron micrographs. Illustrations nearby explain the science - from the workings of an insect's eye to how a plant "breathes" through its leaves. The biology builds into a reference on how life works - and how all organisms, however small, solve the basic problems of movement, reproduction, energy, communication, and defence. Micro Life is a beautiful and surprising look at the natural world"--Publisher's description

2021-11-22