A microscopic world in everything.
Make your way through astounding images and discover the resemblances of extraordinary objects, the regularities in seemingly chaotic structures, and the meaning and significance in the millionth.
Join leading photographer and microscopic researcher Dr. Christopher B. Jackson on a visual journey into the microcosm of this world's molecules, substances, and elements. Accompanied by scientific facts, this work explores the depths of the smallest to the infinite.
Discover the elements and beings of this world in the microcosm .
Discover how soaps work, how cells grow and how monosodium glutamate makes taste.
Discover what we interact with on a daily basis.
Discover scientific facts, otherworldly beings and conundrums of this world from plants, bacteria, fungi to human anatomy.
Discover the microscopic world all around us, existing in us; binding the galaxy together.
Mikron: A journey into the microcosm.
First edition (and limited signed edition)
Black linen hardcover with white embossing and printed edge containing over 200 high-resolution microscopic photographs on 360 full colour pages (Arctic White paper 130g/m2) with scientific explanatory texts and an exploratory bibliography.
Dimensions: 24.5 cm x 30.5 cm x 3.2 cm
Weight: 1780 g
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Delivery December 2022
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About the author
Dr. Christopher B. Jackson studied Philosophy, German literature and Biology in Switzerland (Zürich, Bern and Basel). He majored in Biology in electron microscopic techniques and preservation of biological ultrastructure. He obtained a Ph.D. in Human Genetics in Berne, Switzerland and pursued his postdoctoral work on mitochondrial biology in Finland and Germany. Dr. Jackson is a principal investigator researching mitochondrial function in human diseases.