| Subject |
Biology -- Laboratory manuals.
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| Descript |
xv, 544 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) |
| Content |
text |
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still image |
| Media |
computer |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Note |
Previous edition: 2012. |
| Contents |
<![CDATA[<p>Study and examination skills<p><p>1. The importance of transferable skills</p><p>2. Managing your time</p><p>3. Working with others</p><p>4. Taking notes from lectures and texts</p><p>5. Learning effectively</p><p>6. Revision strategies</p><p>7. Assignments and exams</p><p>8. Preparing your curriculum vitae</p><p> </p><p>Information technolgoy and learning resources</p><p>9. Finding and citing published information</p><p>10. Evaluating information</p><p>11. Using online resources</p><p>12. Using word processors, databases and other packages</p><p>13. Using spreadsheets</p><p> </p><p>Communicating information</p><p>14. Organising a poster display</p><p>15. Giving a spoken presentation</p><p>16. General aspects of scientific writing</p><p>17. Writing essays</p><p>18. Reporting practical and project work</p><p>19. Writing literature surveys and reviews</p><p> </p><p>Fundamental laboratory techniques</p><p>20. Essentials of practical work</p><p>21. Bioethics</p><p>22. Health and safety</p><p>23. Working with liquids</p><p>24. Basic laboratory procedures</p><p>25. Principles of solution chemistry</p><p>26. pH and buffer solutions</p><p> </p><p>The investigative approach</p><p>27. The principles of measurement</p><p>28. SI units and their use</p><p>29. Making observations</p><p>30. Drawings and diagrams</p><p>31. Basic fieldwork procedures</p><p>32. Samples and sampling</p><p>33. Scientific method and design of experiments</p><p>34. Making notes of practical work</p><p>35. Project work</p><p> </p><p>Obtaining and identifying specimens</p><p>36. Collecting animals and plants</p><p>37. Fixing and preserving animals and plants</p><p>38. Collecting and isolating microbes</p><p>39. Naming and classifying organisms</p><p>40. Identifying plants and animals</p><p>41. Identifying microbes</p><p> </p><p>Examining specimens and samples</p><p>42. The purpose and practice of dissection </p><p>43. Introduction to microscopy</p><p>44. Preparing specimens for light microscopy</p><p>45. Setting up and using a light microscope</p><p>46. Interpreting microscope images</p><p>47. Sterile technique</p><p>48. Cell culture</p><p>49. Working with animal and plant tissues and cells</p><p>50. Photography and imaging</p><p>51. Measuring growth and responses</p><p>52. Fundamentals of chemical analysis</p><p>53. Calibration and quantitative analysis</p><p> </p><p>Environmental investigations</p><p>54. Ecological analyses</p><p>55. Analysis of aquatic environments</p><p>56. Analysis of soils and sediments</p><p>57. Measuring atmospheric variables</p><p>58. Measuring light </p><p> </p><p>Advanced analytical techniques</p><p>59. Immunological methods</p><p>60. Enzyme studies</p><p>61. Mendelian genetics</p><p>62. Fundamental molecular biology techniques</p><p>63. Using stable isotopes</p><p>64. Using radioisotopes</p><p>65. Measuring oxygen content</p><p>66. Photosynthesis and respiration</p><p>67. Centrifugation</p><p>68. Spectroscopic techniques</p><p>69. Chromatography</p><p>70. Electrophoresis</p><p> </p><p>Analysis and presentation of data</p><p>71. Manipulating and transforming raw data</p><p>72. Using graphs</p><p>73. Presenting data in tables</p><p>74. Hints for solving numerical problems</p><p>75. Descriptive statistics</p><p>76. Choosing and using statistical tests </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>]]> |
| Note |
6 concurrent users. UkHlHU |
| Alt author |
Reed, Rob
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Weyers, Jonathan D. B.,
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| ISBN |
9781292094366 (e-book) |
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9781292094366 (PDF ebook) : |
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9781292094342 (ebook) |
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