Get those binoculars off the shelf in your home, clean them up, and take them outside to see your local neighborhood with new eyes. Get a closer look at that owl roosting in the pine tree. Look at the full moon in the night sky. Take a look at the nearby hills.
Get that magnifying glass you own into your pocket and take a closer look at some common objects in the house and garden.
For my 65th birthday, my wife purchased me a Celestron 44302 handheld digital microscope. This $50 microscope will, I'm sure, become a delightful tool to explore new realms of seeing. In particular, I'd like to look more closely at the insects living on our land.
For my 65th birthday, my wife purchased me a Celestron 44302 handheld digital microscope. This $50 microscope will, I'm sure, become a delightful tool to explore new realms of seeing. In particular, I'd like to look more closely at the insects living on our land.
For a really interesting “look” at the world of plant seeds and fruits, see if your local library has “The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants,” by Wolfgang Stuppy, Rob Kesseler, and Madeling Harley. Firefly Books, 2009. Visual artist Rob Kesseler uses special light and scanning electron microscopy to create astonishing images of a wide variety of pollen, seeds and fruits. Razor-sharp cross sections that reveal intricate interiors of flowers expose the astonishing strategies that plants have evolved to ensure their survival.
“Equipped with our five senses - along with telescopes and microscopes and mass spectrometers and seismographs and magnetometers and particle accelerators and detectors sensitive to the entire electromagnetic spectrum - we explore the universe around us and call the adventure science.”
- Edwin Hubble
“The microscope is man's noblest, supreme, and most far-reaching tool.”
- Adrianus Pijper
- Adrianus Pijper
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