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Author : Bruce Ing
Publisher : University of Chester
ISBN 13 : 9781905929627
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (296 download)
Download or read book The Exciting World of the Slime Moulds written by Bruce Ing and published by University of Chester. This book was released on 2008 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce Ing
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (471 download)
Download or read book The Exciting World of the Slime Moulds written by Bruce Ing and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646868912
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (689 download)
Download or read book Where the Slime Mould Creeps written by Sarah Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2022-12-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This densely-packed book introduces the fascinating world of myxomycetes, the acellular slime moulds. It describes their intriguing life cycle and important ecological roles as decomposers, nutrient recyclers and food for numerous invertebrates. And it reveals their exquisite evocative forms through microscope and camera, along with time lapse images that capture the dramatic changes in colour and shape as the fruiting bodies mature.The past ten years has seen a burgeoning interest in slime moulds by photographers, students and enthusiasts who are captivated by their singular beauty. This popular and informative book-now in its fourth edition-is an aid to their identification, an illustrated glossary, and an account of a passion for slime moulds that has led to the discovery of a wealth of species inhabiting a tall wet eucalypt forest in central north Tasmania.
Author : Andrew Adamatzky
Publisher : Luniver Press
ISBN 13 : 1905986432
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Silence of Slime Mould written by Andrew Adamatzky and published by Luniver Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The art works are the outcomes of scientific experiments that aimed to design computing devices made from slime mould. Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a single-cell organism visible by the unaided eye. The slime mould computes by optimising its shape, electrical activity or location in response to stimulations. This fascinating mix of art and science offers an awe-inspiring look at the ways in which slime mould explores its environment and performs computation. Art works allow us to see the world through the "eyes" of the slime mould and show that the absence of a brain does not exclude an amorphous living creature from intelligence.
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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646990347
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Where the Slime Mould Creeps written by and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sarah Jane Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646924519
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (245 download)
Download or read book Where the Slime Mould Creeps written by Sarah Jane Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slime moulds are not slimy, nor do they look like mould; in fact, most are exquisite. Fuligo septica is an exception. This common cosmopolitan species forms amorphous yellowish blobs known variously throughout the world by the evocative names 'dog's vomit slime', 'moon shit', 'demon droppings' or 'snake poo'. Plasmodial or acellular slime moulds--also known as Myxomycetes--are mysterious and ubiquitous, yet few people know they exist.One reason for this is their size. Most of their reproductive structures are so small that they are easily overlooked by all but a dedicated few prepared to search trees, logs, stumps and leaf litter with magnifying lens and torch. Naturalist, writer and photographer Sarah Lloyd is perfectly located to search for myxomycetes in the tall wet eucalypt forest that surrounds her home in northern Tasmania. Her photographs of over sixty species capture the colour and variety in their miniature spore-bearing 'fruits'. She is also ideally situated to document over hours and days some common but rarely seen events including actively feeding plasmodia (one of the two animal-like stages of a myxomycete) and the transformation of plasmodia to reproductive structures. In the 19th century three type specimens of myxomycetes--the original specimens used by an author to describe a new species--were collected from Tasmania. And even though cool temperate forests are known to be rich in myxomycetes and there have been occasional collecting trips to this remote corner of the world, it has taken a local naturalist to discover these riches and to share her passion for these ecologically important organisms.
Author : Ellen Lawrence
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1642804215
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)
Download or read book Creeping Slime written by Ellen Lawrence and published by Bearport Publishing. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animal, plant, fungus—just what kind of living thing is a slime mold? How do these slimy blobs move from place to place? And how do slime molds help clean up rotting leaves and other dead stuff in backyards and forests? In this brand-new title, learn the answers to these questions and more—and prepare to get slimed! This new Science Slam! title will introduce readers to the secret, oozy world of slime molds. The book is expertly crafted to meet early elementary and science curriculum standards, as well as introduce children to bizarre and interesting facts. Innovative, grade-appropriate activities and experiments, critical-thinking questions, and fascinating fact boxes will hold readers’ interests with a viselike grip. And, best of all, the activities are gooey and fun!
Author : Thomas Huston Macbride
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The North American Slime-moulds written by Thomas Huston Macbride and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : A. P. Morgan
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio written by A. P. Morgan and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-25 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is based upon the vast collection of Myxomycetes, a class of slime molds growing in Miami. It comprises more than one hundred species that have been carefully compared with samples obtained from researchers elsewhere in the US and Europe. The writer has explained everything in simple words, avoiding technicalities so that the general reader can grasp the information quickly.
Author : Andrew Adamatzky
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814327581
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (143 download)
Download or read book Physarum Machines written by Andrew Adamatzky and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2010 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Physarum machine is a programmable amorphous biological computer experimentally implemented in the vegetative state of true slime mould Physarum polycephalum. It comprises an amorphous yellowish mass with networks of protoplasmic veins, programmed by spatial configurations of attracting and repelling gradients. This book demonstrates how to create experimental Physarum machines for computational geometry and optimization, distributed manipulation and transportation, and general-purpose computation. Being very cheap to make and easy to maintain, the machine also functions on a wide range of substrates and in a broad scope of environmental conditions. As such a Physarum machine is a 'green' and environmentally friendly unconventional computer. The book is readily accessible to a nonprofessional reader, and is a priceless source of experimental tips and inventive theoretical ideas for anyone who is inspired by novel and emerging non-silicon computers and robots. An account on Physarum Machines can be viewed at http: //www.youtube.com/user/PhysarumMachines.
Author : Megan McDonald
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763659401
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (636 download)
Download or read book Stink and the Attack of the Slime Mold written by Megan McDonald and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After learning about slime molds during the Saturday Science Club, Stink finds the organism growing in his room and starting to take over the world.
Author : John Tyler Bonner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691139395
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (393 download)
Download or read book The Social Amoebae written by John Tyler Bonner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted biologist and author John Tyler Bonner has experimented with cellular slime molds for more than sixty years, and he has done more than anyone else to raise these peculiar collections of amoebae from a minor biological curiosity to a major model organism--one that is widely studied for clues to the development and evolution of all living things. Now, five decades after he published his first pioneering book on cellular slime molds, Bonner steps back from the proliferating and increasingly specialized knowledge about the organism to provide a broad, nontechnical picture of its whole biology, including its evolution, sociobiology, ecology, behavior, and development. The Social Amoebae draws the big lessons from decades of research, and shows how slime molds fit into and illuminate biology as a whole. Slime molds are very different from other organisms; they feed as individual amoebae before coming together to form a multicellular organism that has a remarkable ability to move and orient itself in its environment. Furthermore, these social amoebae display a sophisticated division of labor; within each organism, some cells form the stalk and others become the spores that will seed the next generation. In The Social Amoebae, Bonner examines all these parts together, giving a balanced, concise, and clear overview of slime mold biology, from molecules to cells to multicells, as he advances some unconventional and unexpected insights.
Author : Steve Stephenson
Publisher : Bookbaby
ISBN 13 : 9781098331320
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (313 download)
Download or read book On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold written by Steve Stephenson and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2020-11-14 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this book has spent much of his life collecting and studying slime molds, a fascinating but understudied group of fungus-like organisms. His efforts have taken him to all seven continents and to examples of every major type of terrestrial ecosystem. The book is a chronicle of a lifelong journey that began when the author was a graduate student in a mycology class at Virginia Tech, where he was first introduced to slime molds, and continued on to an academic career that allowed him to become one of the world's leading authorities on these organisms. Along the way, the author has visited many interesting places and has interacted with most of the internationally known experts on slime molds. He the author or coauthor of 12 books and more than 470 book chapters, general interest articles and papers in peer-reviewed journals.
Author : Steven L. Stephenson
Publisher : Timber Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881924398
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (243 download)
Download or read book Myxomycetes written by Steven L. Stephenson and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2000-06-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies all the species one is likely to encounter, with extensive information on their structural features, distribution, and ecological associations. Superbly illustrated, including keys, it is an introduction to their biology as well as a field guide. This book is only available through print on demand. All interior art is black and white.
Author : George W. Hudler
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691207232
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds written by George W. Hudler and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mushrooms magically spew forth from the earth in the hours that follow a summer rain. Fuzzy brown molds mischievously turn forgotten peaches to slime in the kitchen fruit bowl. And in thousands of other ways, members of the kingdom Fungi do their part to make life on Earth the miracle that it is. In this lively book, George Hudler leads us on a tour of an often-overlooked group of organisms, which differ radically from both animals and plants. Along the way the author stops to ponder the marvels of nature and the impact of mere microbes on the evolution of civilization. Nature's ultimate recyclers not only save us from drowning in a sea of organic waste, but also provide us with food, drink, and a wide array of valuable medicines and industrial chemicals. Some fungi make deadly poisons and psychedelic drugs that have interesting histories in and of themselves, and Hudler weaves tales of those into his scientific account of the nature of the fungi. The role of fungi in the Irish potato famine, in the Salem Witch Trials, in the philosophical writings of Greek scholars, and in the creation of ginger snaps are just a few of the many great moments in history to grace these pages. Hudler moves so easily from discussing human history to exploring scientific knowledge, all with a sense of humor and enthusiasm, that one can well understand why he is an award-winning teacher both at Cornell University as well as nationally. Few, for instance, who read his invitation to "get out of your chair and take a short walk" will ever again look without curiosity and admiration at the "rotten" part of the world around them. Magical Mushrooms, Mischievous Molds is full of information that will satisfy history buffs, science enthusiasts, and anyone interested in nature's miracles. Everyone in Hudler's audience will develop a new appreciation of the debt they owe to the molds for such common products as penicillin, wine, and bread.
Author : Carrie Niblett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781547264599
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (645 download)
Download or read book The Curious Observer's Guide to Slime Molds of UC Santa Cruz and Beyond written by Carrie Niblett and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-18 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this self-described love letter to slime, naturalist, student and slime mold enthusiast Carrie Niblett provides background information, photographs, diagrams and 22 species descriptions of slime molds that can be found on the UC Santa Cruz campus and in terrestrial ecosystems around the globe. You can find slime molds occupying damp logs and creeping over leaf litter steps away from the classroom but until you picked up this book, these strange and beautiful organisms may have been hidden in plain sight. Let this guide be your companion as you take a peek into the curious world of slime molds.
Author : Bruce Ing
Publisher : University of Chester
ISBN 13 : 1905929919
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Biodiversity in the North West written by Bruce Ing and published by University of Chester. This book was released on 2011 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The county of Cheshire, in its broadest, historical sense, has a rich diversity of wildlife, linked to a varied geology and land use. This is an account of a group of strange but fascinating organisms, the slime moulds, which straddle the boundaries between fungi and protozoans.
