Author Description

A complete handbook with everything a hobbyist requires to practice Microscopy, and in a small, full colour work on your desk or when out in the field. Combining many details and projects from the author's other books, this handbook takes you from 'newbie' through to master of using microscopes to study the tiny world all around us. The author is the co-founder of http://microscopy-uk.org.uk, a web site with dedicated resources for the amateur microscopist, created over 25 years ago. His work on finding ways to use materials safe to use, and to move away from the toxic chemicals used in the past, enables a microscopist to do at home many things denied to them before. From buying a microscope, using it, and learning how to master it, to step-by-step guides to making slides, seeing cells, freshwater micro-life, joining clubs, and where to go to get what you need. It's a bible of information suited to all enthusiast microscopists irrespective of their level of knowledge,