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A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope

Name: A World in a Drop of Water: Exploring with a Microscope
Author: Virginia Silverstein
ISBN: 9780486403816

by Virginia Silverstein, Charles Ed. Silverstein

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Overview

This inexpensive volume showcases an array of curious creatures: a blob-like amoeba; a slipper-shaped paramecium and its mortal enemy, the suctorian; and many others. The authors recount the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by these animals in easy-to-understand language that opens the door to a wonderful world of discovery. 37 illustrations.

Describes the structure and characteristics of the amoeba, paramecium, and other members of the "circus" that Leeuwenhoek discovered in a drop of water.

Synopsis

Fascinating introduction to the world of single-celled organisms recounts the feeding, reproductive, and defensive strategies employed by an array of curious creatures: amoeba, paramecium, suctorian, hydra, others. Easy-to-understand language, 37 illustrations.