microscopes

Introduces microscopy, including tips on choosing a microscope, and explains the basics of optics and illumination in using one. Also offers instruction on microscope photography and sketching.

Greg gets a microscope and has a fascinating time looking at sugar and salt crystals, thread, hairs, and cells.

Explores how medicine and the microscope are vital tools in aiding police investigations.

Describes the work of Dennis Kunkel, a microscopist from Hawaii, and provides illustrations of microscopic worlds of plants, bugs, and mites.

Examines the life of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, a cloth merchant-turned-scientist who is best known for his discoveries examining microscopic life.