Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body

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The on-going core of this atlas is its standard of realistic illustrations that portray anatomical relationships. Photographs of actual cadaver dissections along with numerous schematic drawings aid the student in anatomic orientation. Chapters are organized by region, in order of a typical dissection. Each chapter contains two sections: a description and illustration of organs, and a depiction of those organs within the regional anatomy. New to this edition is an increase of MRI pictures, approximately 30 schematic drawings made even more precise, and an updated text where appropriate. A Brandon-Hill recommended title.

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A must for anatomy.......2007-10-03

I consider this book to be a must for any anatomy student. The pictures are exactly what you will see when you enter the lab.

love this book.......2007-03-28

In case it isn't clear from the description or title, this is an anatomy atlas made up of photos of actual human bodies. I don't know why we didn't have this in A&P. Fascinating, and a nicely produced book as well.

GREAT BOOK, EVEN GREATER IF YOU OWN ONE!!!!!!!!!.......2006-03-26

AM A SECOND YEAR STUDENT OF ANATOMY, AND AM GOING INTO THE RADIOGRAPHER TECH PROGRAM AT MY SHCOOL I JUST BOUGHT THIS BOOK AFTER SEEING IT, AFTER SOMEONE BOUGHT IT. SO I ORDERED MY OWN COPY, AND AM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THE PERCISION OF THE BOOKS DETAIL ON EVERY SINGLE PHOTOGRAPH. I THINK THIS WILL BE A DEFINATE KEEPER, AND IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PRICE WITH A SIGH, DON'T JUST GET IT AND ENJOY!~

Also recommended: ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE COLOR ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY by Wolf-Heidegger!!!!!!!!

Two sided ..........2006-03-25

My opinion about this book is a bit two sided and that's why:
I bought this one for my first year medical anatomy course and was a little mystified by it, at least at the beginning. I couldn't really understand what is going on in the corpse and as I looked into this book the sight was "cleaner" but similar. Naturally I put it away for a while and used Netter which was excellent.
A while after I became familiar with gross anatomical structures I opened it again, and only then I undestood what is going on inside, and only then I understood how great this book is!
Especially nice and logical where the drawings and explanations included.
Thus, my conclusion is that this book can be a great find for a student who has already taken the course, for a review or other purpose, but for a true beginner in this field it is almost the same as looking at the body.
In my opinion, to make an Atlas understandable for the beginner, it must NOT be real but must present the human body as seen through the eyes of the student. This job is perfectly done by Netter.

A great anatomy text.......2005-09-29

I agree completely with the review by Gerald J. Nora. The book is first rate and does a fantastic job of showing the "real" anatomy as opposed to drawings where the artist takes some liberties. The text begins simple and builds upon it. The only down side is that the labels are not ordered in a top down fashion. For example, the labels may be: 3, 2, 4, 8, 7, 6, 5 which can be confusing. Overall the book is highly recommended as a reference to a traditional anatomy text.

Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators

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Okay, but could be better

Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators
Nicholas Petraco , and Thomas Kubic
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Although methods and techniques that will help solve various analytical problems do exist, they are often difficult to perform. Using polarized light microscopy as the method of choice, Color Atlas and Manual of Microscopy for Criminalists, Chemists, and Conservators offers swift, simple, yet irrefutable analytical tests and testing procedures that can be used to identify organic and inorganic particles. Seasoned forensic microscopists Nicholas Petraco and Thomas Kubic have lent their expertise as consultants to forensic scientists, analytical chemists, art historians, pathologists, customs agents, detectives, gemologists, numismatists, and art conservators. Now they share their extensive photomicrograph collection of minute specimens along with clear, concise, and simple methods to help solve your analytical problems.

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Okay, but could be better.......2004-07-04

This "atlas and manual" is okay, but could be better.

The many images entice the reader/viewer. However,
the detractions are numerous. For instance, there
is an over abundant usage of acronyms. Secondly, many
chapters are too few pages and followed by splattering
of references. This reader believes the authors are
displaying their bookshelf in the reference sections.
Thirdly, there are many redundant images and charts.
Fourthly, many of the schematics are unprofessional

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The making of a painting relies on inspiration, craft, practice, and vision. But, observes the noted science writer Philip Ball, it also hinges on science: "For as long as painters have fashioned their visions and dreams into images, they have relied on technical knowledge and skill to supply their materials."

In this lively study, Ball examines some of the tools and materials that chemists have added to the palette over the centuries. He also takes his readers on a learned tour of what science has taught us about vision, the nature of light, and the physical and cultural factors that condition our perceptions of color (the ancient Romans, he notes, had no term for brown or gray, but that does not mean they didn't use earth pigments in their work). Whether writing of matters scientific or artistic, Ball is a technologist but not a determinist. In the end, he writes, art depends not on science but on artists, and "each artist makes his or her own contract with the colors of the time."

Readers with an interest in science, art, and the crossroads where they meet will relish Ball's erudite travels across the spectrum of light. --Gregory McNamee

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From Egyptian wall paintings to the Venetian Renaissance, impressionism to digital images, Philip Ball tells the fascinating story of how art, chemistry, and technology have interacted throughout the ages to render the gorgeous hues we admire on our walls and in our museums.

Finalist for the 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award.

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A bright subject.......2007-03-29

Bright Earth gives a detailed history of the development of colour as used in art (painting primarily). It is well written and easy to read but perhaps tends a little towards being a pedantic. Nevertheless it is very helpful in understanding colour and its use in art through the ages.

bright earth review.......2007-01-16

excellent service book is very deep and scientific, but i waded through it.

A literary, absorbing work.......2002-10-07

In Bright Earth, science writer Philip Ball presents a fine guide that examines the practical side of art throughout history. From its gains from technological advancements to cultural influences on art directions, Bright Earth surveys how color is invented, reinvented, and presented. A literary, absorbing work.

Historical review about color pigments.......2002-08-23

If you have a deep interest in color and how pigments and materials have been developed or discovered this is a book to read. There are only a few illustrations and lots of text, it is not a light book to read cover to cover. It is not a handbook and not a book of facts, its more like a history book.

I value the effort put in the book, but it wasn't exactly what I expected and I won't read it twice.

interesting science, poor art history.......2002-05-09

If you are a painter, or other artist interested in science you should get this book. This is the only book I have seen that focuses on the history of pigment, especially in relation to painting. And the book starts with a useful overview of the physics and physiology of color, though there are many other books that go into more detail on that subject.

Why isn't this book worth 5 stars? The art historical sections that situate the artists are shallow, trite, and full of clichés. I get the sense that the author researched the artists for this book, and regurgitated some of these notes. Great art history requires the meditation of a lifetime.

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Ocean/Sea Creatures.......2007-07-07

Very nicely illustrated book for young readers. This book explores creatures who live deep in the sea.

One of the better in the series.......2001-02-21

This book is part of a whole series covering fish, reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians and insects. "How to Hide an Octopus" is one of the better books in the series, and not a bad place to start if you haven't tried them before. If you do have another one, this is certainly a good member of the series. Some of the fishes are very difficult to find (Even I took a few tries to find all of the pipefish). My son like "How to Hide a Butterfly" better, possibly because this one is a little difficult (He's only 2). If your child is older, this may be a good choice.

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Vision and Photography
Outstanding
Shows you how you see and how you paint
Fascinating Science of Visual Art
Worth a Look

Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
Margaret S. Livingstone
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
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What is it that makes the work of Monet, van Gogh, da Vinci, and Warhol so visually arresting? How do our eyes and brains coordinate to perceive line and color?

Neurobiologist Margaret Livingstone addresses these and many other questions in Vision and Art, a lively look at the science underlying art. She writes accessibly, but with plenty of technical depth, on such matters as the nature of light and the visible spectrum, the organization of visual-image processing, the structure of the vertebrate eye and brain, and individual and culturally conditioned perceptions of color. Using well-known works of art as case studies, she offers fascinating bits of trivia (on, for instance, how pastels are made and why purple dyes are so rare) alongside practical information for artists (for example, how high-contrast contours and evenly distributed luminance attract the eye).

The result is a literate, lucid blend of art and science that will appeal to artists and connoisseurs alike. --Gregory McNamee

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Vision and Photography.......2005-10-17

This is a book that every teacher of photography and serious photographer should read and study and re-read. Although the book contains no photographic examples, there are plenty of examples in famous paintings to support the visual research Dr. Livingtson so clearly writes about. The examples in paintings are easily transferable
to a number of familiar and famous photographs.
Ever wonder what Ansel Adams and Edward Weston were so successful with the black-and-white photographs but not with their color photographs? I have, and her book has provided me with insights into this and other photographic practices.

Outstanding.......2005-03-16

After reading it, you'll want to keep it close to you. That way, you'll never forget how important art and science are in your life.

Shows you how you see and how you paint.......2004-01-17

Margaret Livingstone has produced a book so very useful to visual artists that it may, in its density of ideas, seem definitive rather than evocative. But evocative it is. As we learn from studying it, Livingstone's book offers implications that may be developed by any artist who reads it in almost any direction. One might take as an example the very rich Chapter 8, with its notions of luminance as a balance for the salience, or pushiness of certain colors - how Leonardo handled it, how Ingres handled it, and how today's painter or digital image maker might go even further. The size and shape of the book allow for illustrations that work on the eye at the right scale. And there is an overall visual loudness to the book that is jarring and satisfying.

The author gets to the structure of our visual systems, makes them very clear, and tells us things that are lasting and verifiable. Her spirit of personal experimentation shows in the book, and makes us think that looking inquisitively at the world will pay off.

Fascinating Science of Visual Art.......2003-06-09

Some teasers on the back cover:

"Why do Claude Monet's fields of flowers seem to wave in the breeze?"

"What is the secret of Mona Lisa's smile?"

The first two chapters cover some scientific fundamentals- how light and the human vision works. While this is all very scientific, every effort is made to make it understandable, with plenty of full-color diagrams illustrating the concepts. While these 2 chapters are not the easiest to read, they're not rocket science either, and provide a valuable foundation for the rest of the book. Not essential but VERY useful.

Things start to get interesting toward the end of the 2nd chapter, when we start to understand what a red/green colorblind person sees. But the best stuff starts to come in the third chapter ("Luminance and Night Vision"). Plenty of interesting illustrations are provided in this chapter (like red cherries in a blue bowl, where the cherries appear brighter or darker than the bowl depending on the ambient light, or flickering polkadots), and continues until the rest of a book, making it a truly fascinating read.

Oh, and the explanation on Mona Lisa's enigmatic smile is very convincing.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone interested in both visual art and science.
I also recommend it to anyone who's interested in science and how things work- you'll appreciate some art pieces a lot more after reading this book.

Worth a Look.......2003-01-30

This volume is very good at covering how the human visual system operates and how that affects the artist and art viewer. It's not too dense with abstruse scientific detail and it contains lots of good examples and demonstrations. The writing style and
organisation of the book are also clear.

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Long considered the definitive work in its field, this new edition presents all the principles and practices readers need for a solid grounding in all aspects of clinical microbiology--bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology. Tests are presented according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly NCCLS) format. This extensively revised edition includes practical guidelines for cost-effective, clinically relevant evaluation of clinical specimens including extent of workup and abbreviated identification schemes. New chapters cover the increasingly important areas of immunologic and molecular diagnosis. Clinical correlations link microorganisms to specific disease states. Over 600 color plates depict salient identification features of organisms.

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The book on microbiological diagnostics you always wanted.......2007-03-11

An excellent combination of a reference book and a well written textbook.

ARGUABLY SECOND TO NONE!.......2006-04-13

As long as the issue concerns clinical microbiology, "Koneman's Color Atlas and Textbook of Diagnostic Microbiology" remains the undisputed champion. This newly published sixth edition is the definitive guide for both students and professionals. Its extensive and up-to-date coverage (of bacteriology, mycology, parasitology, and virology) is second to none. In fact, this 1535-paged hardcover edition is an all-encompassing one-stop medical microbiology text. Very few standalone books come even close! And, its close-to 630 color sample figures exceed what many standalone color atlases boast of.
Relative to the previous editions, it is my wish to emphasize that every chapter of this book has undergone extensive and updated revisions. All aspects of theoretical and practical informations have received generous facelifts; and all the lab tests included conform to the current Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute's (formerly NCCLS) specifications. The same apply to the design, general layout, organization, and remarkable referencing of each topic. Every paragraph of this book was explained in simple, easy-to-understand English. Indeed, this book is a winner: anytime, anywhere! It is a true gold-standard!
There is so much positive qualities going for it that one may end-up writing pages while trying to cover them all. However, I must highlight the only downside I noticed, which is that this book is very heavy. Still, its well-bounded hardcover, reasonable retail price, as well as the high-quality papers used throughout its 1500-plus pages, offer logical compensation for the extra weight. Cheers!

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nice supplement
A very good review book for a medical student
Great atlas for histology
Excellent source for medical students
excellent atlas

Color Atlas of Histology
Leslie P. Gartner , and James L. Hiatt
Manufacturer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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nice supplement.......2007-01-12

Good book to have to supplement the Basic Histology Text and Atlas by Luiz Carlos Junqueira. Provides brief explainations and more pictures to assist you with identifying things under the microscope.

A very good review book for a medical student.......2005-06-24

I found the book nicely edited, the illustrations were priceless and contained lots of information. The theoretical content of the book though cannot be compared with Ross, this is why it can be used only as a review book. The main quality of the book is in its illustrations and images, which are truly excellent.

Great atlas for histology.......2003-10-11

I found this book to be a great resource for my medical histology class. The pictures helped me to remember key concepts for on my histology lab. The difference between squamous and transitional epithelium can really only be appreciated with the help of this atlas since it is harder to describe it in words. If you really want to know the type of medical histology questions asked on histology medical exams, get the following which is on amazon:
Histology Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi
This study guide helped me to know what type of questions to prepare for on my exams. I give both books 5 stars.

Excellent source for medical students.......2000-08-07

Excellent photomicrographs with explanations of each. Good review of each subject at each chapter. Can be used alone as a review book.

excellent atlas.......1999-11-23

The atlas was excellent and easy to refer to. The text, while usable, is brief and has much more information than was necessary at my undergraduate medical level. I recommend using this as an atlas and using a different text (such as Wheater) for accompanying explanations.

How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects (All Aboard Book)

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from a Mom of a young nature lover

How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects (All Aboard Book)
Ruth Heller
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
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from a Mom of a young nature lover.......2000-02-25

This book has been a delight to my 5 year old. He never tires of looking at the pictures while I read the text ( which is written in rhymes .) It brings new ideas to the way a child looks at and thinks about nature.

How to Hide a Meadow Frog and Other Amphibians (All Aboard)

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How to Hide a Meadow Frog and Other Amphibians

How to Hide a Meadow Frog and Other Amphibians (All Aboard)
Ruth Heller
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How to Hide a Meadow Frog and Other Amphibians.......2000-08-17

An entertaining book for toddlers and yooung children. I got to watch my son bounce up and down with glee as he found each hiding critter, and even after dozens of repetitions it's still one of his favorite books. The illustrations are both bright and colorful, and realistic enough to give a good idea what the real animal looks like.

Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Color Guide

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The Best Book for Identifying Living Protozoa
Notosolenus? or Petalomonas?
A useful aid for protozoan identification
Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa

Free-living Freshwater Protozoa: A Color Guide
D. J. Patterson
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This exquisitely illustrated book is the definitive guide to the identification of protozoa. As well as over 230 high-quality colour photographs, it contains 500 detailed line drawings, showing essential features and making speedy and positive identification possible. The succinct and authoritative text is supported by extensive references. Communities of protozoa are dealt with in a separate section, which covers a range of environments and contains information on the significance of these communities as indicators of contamination and pollution. As well as being an essential teaching aid, Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa is a valuable guide for professional biologists involved with water, sewage treatment, rivers, soils and environmental management. it is also an important reference source for food science laboratories and public health and regulatory bodies. Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa includes:

Collection, examination and recording of protozoa
Classification
Identification — using the highly illustrated key with supporting text and references
Protozoan communities — covering a range of man-made and natural environments
Glossary of terms
Extensive bibliography and reference lists

From the Reviews: `… The photomicrographs are generally of excellent quality, and these, with the equally excellent line drawings and complete descriptions, make for a very easy-to-use key. This is about the best reference one could have, short of an actual, living specimen … This is not a specialist book and can be easily used by amateurs; but it should also prove a valuable guide to professional biologists involved with water, sewage works, rivers, soils, environmental management, food science, and public health; it would, in addition, serve as a dandy teaching aid for classroom use, as well as for self-study.' — The Microscope

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The Best Book for Identifying Living Protozoa.......2003-11-28

Patterson's color guide to free-living freshwater protozoa is probably the most useful of the protozoan identification guides for living protozoa, especially if you are examining the protozoa under phase contrast. Living protozoa do not necessarily look much like some of the drawings in manuals. The photos, while a bit on the small side (probably because of the cost of printing) are thus very helpful (and very beautiful). Using Kudo's old standard "Protozoology" and Jahn, Bovee and Jahn's "How to Know the Protozoa" as a back up you can identify many of the organisms you examine and be fairly certain of the result. I understand the high cost, as the market for this book is probably somewhat limited. Freshwater microscopy is not like even butterfly watching in popularity, but there are a small number of devotees worldwide. Professionals are also somewhat fewer in number than in other specialties. This does not mean that protozoology is unimportant, only that it is less popular than some other areas of natural science.

Given this, the appearance of a book of this quality is remarkable. Its utility is evident and I have now used it several times to help me identify protozoa in samples from sinkholes in New Mexico. I recommend it without reservation.

Notosolenus? or Petalomonas?.......2001-04-25

D. J. Patterson is a Professor of Biology at the University of Sydney, and although his book was written primarily for specialists as a guide to identifying approximately 350 of the most common kinds of freshwater protozoa, it also holds much that will be of real interest to the amateur naturalist. The book falls into three parts: an Introduction, the guide or Key, and concluding supplementary materials.

The 22-page Introduction covers such topics as: What protozoa are; Distinguishing protozoa from other microbes; How to choose and care for a microscope; Contrast enhancement; Techniques of microscopical examination; Drawing and photographing protozoa; Video microscopy; Where to find and how to collect protozoa; Keeping samples; etc. A great deal of useful and practical advice will be found in this Introduction, some of which I haven't seen elsewhere.

For example, in discussing microscopes Patterson suggests that phase contrast optics will allow the protozoologist who is observing living organisms "to see more and to see it with ease," and that ideally phase contrast objectives should be used in preference to the bright-field (normal) variety (p.11). To illustrate the different kinds of visual information which different contrast enhancement techniques provide, he gives us, on pages 155-57, a fascinating series of photographs of the Paramecium bursaria as viewed under Bright-field, Phase contrast, Differential interference contrast, Dark ground, Interference contrast, Polarized light, Fluorescence microscopy, and various types of staining. The differences are striking.

I was also interested to note the author's concern for the welfare of these tiny and extremely delicate and fragile organisms while we are engaged in observing them. He warns us that "Usually, active motility is a sign of distress. Typical causes might be pressure from a coverslip, overheating, or depletion of oxygen. The cells move until they find a more favorable site." And he advises us that "The use of minimal illumination or gently blowing on a preparation as you observe it often 'calms' protozoa," thereby making them easier to observe (p.13). Other methods of limiting distress are also described, and great care should be taken not to heat the organism.

Following the Introduction we are given a 'Classification of protozoa,' line drawings of the main genera, and then the main part of the book, the step-by-step guide to identifying protozoa.

For each of the organisms covered in the book, the author gives a detailed description and bibliographical references, a color microphotograph (with the type of contrast enhancement used), line drawings which point up certain important features, and occasionally a detailed line drawing of the entire organism. The book concludes with line drawings of six Protozoan communities (Planktonic, Attached, Benthos, Organically rich benthos, Anoxic benthos, Sewage treatment plants), a 10-page Glossary of Terms, a scholarly Bibliography of over 400 items, and an index.

Dr Patterson's book is well-organized, easy to use, well-printed in double columns on 222 quarto size pages of high-quality glossy paper, stitched, bound in a waterproof wrapper, and sturdy enough to be taken into the field along with a field microscope such as the Swift FM-31-P40 LWD.

Although experts may find details to quibble about, speaking as an amateur I have only two criticisms of the book. The first is that the color microphotographs, although generally good, measure only 43mm x 70 mm and are far too small. Protozoa such as the Stentor (Fig. 216) or Tachysoma (Fig. 265) are among the most strikingly beautiful creations of Nature, and although Patterson's microphotography may not be quite up to the standards of a Werner Nachtigall, I get the feeling that he is a much better photographer than the tiny and rather average reproductions in this book would seem to suggest. All of the photographs are small, some are very dark, others not particularly clear, and few do full justice to either Nature's or, I suspect, Dr Patterson's own artistry, though together with the line drawings (most of which are are even tinier) they are adequate for purposes of identification.

My second criticism has to do with the very high price of the book, a price which one would have thought ought to have ensured a size and quality of color reproduction far superior to what we have been offered here. But despite its high price and its underwhelming reproductions of what must have been striking originals, this is a book which has much to offer any protozoa specialist or enthusiast who may be trying to pin down unidentified protozoa. It may just help you to decide whether you are looking at a Notosolenus (Fig.80) or a Petalomonas (Fig.83), or at something else! And students ought certainly to at least head for the library to read its excellent Introduction.

A useful aid for protozoan identification.......2001-03-09

I have been examining the biota in activated sludge for over 15 years and have found this book to be the best reference for color micrographs of protozoa. Size of organisms, and features that are useful in identifying them are clearly indicated. The authors use both phase-contrast and DIC optical systems to very clearly present numerous organisms. There is also a short section in the back that gives the reader insight into some of the ecological roles of the various organisms. This book would be valuable to anyone microscopically examining activated sludge.

Free-Living Freshwater Protozoa.......2000-07-12

This book is great. It uses the dichotomous key format. It is a great definitive guide to the identification of protoza. It contains 230 color photographs, and 500 line drawings. Its format allows for quick and positive identification. This book is a must for biologists involoved in water, sewage treatment rivers, soils, and enviromental management. It is worth the money.

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