This special Combined Edition combines the content of Volumes I & II into a single book. Volume I covers the basics (and more) of microscopy, reveals what's really important, and what's not, and then proceeds to discuss the "practical" side of microscope use and tell how you may readily obtain better results from your present equipment. The goal is to educate you as painlessly as possible (while you working with your own instrument), to improve your skills quickly, and to enable you make your own well-informed decisions about the best techniques for the general use of your instrument. Volume II introduces more advanced methods that can typically be implemented on an ordinary Lab microscope easily, often at little or no cost, and are capable of truly spectacular results. (See rear cover for full-color photo preview [low-resolution].) Well-illustrated and with detailed instructions for the many low-cost methods. Coil-bound for maximum ease-of-use (lay-flat binding). 2008 edition, 164pp. Retail price: $28.95...More >< Less