Micro life : miracles of the miniature world revealed (Record no. 44938)
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| fixed length control field | 02157nam a22001817a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780241412756 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0241412757 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 579 |
| Item number | PAC |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Packham, Chris . |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Micro life : miracles of the miniature world revealed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | London : |
| Name of publisher | Dorling Kindersley Limited, |
| Year of publication | 2021. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 336 p. |
| Other physical details | illustrations (colour) |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Introduction --<br/>Getting nourishment --<br/>Powering the body --<br/>Sensing and responding --<br/>Moving --<br/>Supporting and protecting --<br/>Reproducing --<br/>Growing and changing --<br/>Habitats and lifestyles. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Microorganisms |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Microbiology |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Lending Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Permanent Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Permanent Reference | 28/02/2022 | Purchased | 6075.00 | 579 PAC | 016182 | Permanent Reference |