Name: Beaker and his lab friends
Brand: LIBRAIRIE COREENNE
SKU: 110843
Price: 25.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Beaker and his lab friends

€25,00

Beaker and his lab friends

Description

Book Introduction

A word from MD: Science classes taught directly by experimental equipment

Over 130 pieces of experimental equipment become the main characters in this fun chemistry story.
The experimental devices, each with its own unique personality as well as its diverse shapes, introduce themselves and humorously analyze their true nature in the form of comics and illustrated guides.
A world of experimental equipment that is much larger and more diverse than you can imagine.

March 9, 2018. Youth PD Kim Tae-hee

Experimental equipment, once you know it, science will get better, right?
Just as they come in many shapes, their personalities and characteristics are also unique!
A fun chemistry story unfolds with over 130 lab friends.

Why is a beaker called a beaker? Beakers are the most common laboratory equipment found in school science labs and laboratories.
But how many people have ever wondered about its name? It turns out that the beaker's name comes from the bird's beak (peak), referring to its pointed spout.
It's not just beakers.
The names, shapes, and materials of all experimental equipment, including beakers, have their own hidden meanings.

"Beaker and His Lab Friends" is a fun science book in which the main characters, the "experimental equipment," are the ones who freely conduct experiments in the laboratory as a playground.
This book, which introduces over 130 experimental devices in detail from a multifaceted perspective, received great attention when it was published in Japan, receiving favorable reviews for being a wonderful illustrated guide with rich imagination, diverse materials, and interesting stories.
It has captured the attention of students, parents, and teachers by providing interesting and in-depth knowledge along with unique illustrations, and has gained wide popularity among people from children to adults interested in science.

This book is divided into chapters based on the purpose of the experimental equipment, and uses a friendly cartoon and illustrated guide format to humorously analyze the true nature of experimental equipment that was previously unknown.
A comprehensive understanding of experimental equipment lowers the barrier to science, which can feel difficult and unfamiliar, while also awakening the joy of studying science.

You can preview some of the book's contents.
Preview

index

Detailed image

Into the book

Most of the experimental equipment used for heating, including beakers, are made of borosilicate glass such as Pyrex developed by Corning in the United States.
It is a type of rigid glass that is stronger and has less thermal expansion than regular glass.
Glass expands when heated, but because it does not conduct heat well, only the heated part expands, causing distortion and breaking.
If the thermal expansion is small, the distortion will also be small.
So, hard glass does not break easily even when heated.
---From "Beaker-kun Appears_Beaker-kun's Notes"

Among the commonly used experimental devices, there are many whose origins are unknown.
However, Erlenmeyer flasks are an exception.
This is because there is a record that it was invented by Emil Erlenmeyer, a German chemist and pharmacist, and the original drawing he made at the time is handed down.
Erlenmeyer discovered various organic compounds.
In 1857, he improved upon the existing flask and published the prototype of the Erlenmeyer flask, and further refined it so that glassware manufacturers could sell it.
So the English name for the Erlenmeyer flask is Erlenmeyer flask.
It's usually called an Erlenmeyer flask, but I think it would look cool if you said, "Excuse me, can I have that Erlenmeyer flask over there?"
---Among “various flasks”

The Bunsen burner is one of the most powerful heating devices.
In the flame reaction experiment, he plays an important role, just like the main character.
Because the heating efficiency is higher than that of an alcohol lamp, the color of the flame is clearer.
For reference, a platinum loop is usually used for the burner's flame reaction, but it is often lost, so if you are only observing the color, stainless steel wire is also fine.
If it's stainless steel, you can wrap a long wire around it like a mosquito coil and soak it in a solution of dissolved metal salts.
Then, the sparkling part will become larger and more colorful, allowing you to observe it better.
Nowadays, small laboratory gas stoves are often used instead of Bunsen burners.
There are products similar in size to alcohol lamps, and they can use butane gas from portable gas ranges, making them convenient in many ways.
---From "The Great Bunsen Burner"

How can we measure temperatures above the boiling point of mercury (approximately 357°C)? The first method is electrical.
The thermal electromotive force generated at the junction is measured using a device called a thermocouple, which is a combination of two types of metals.
In other methods using a resistance thermometer, the object to be measured is brought into contact with a platinum wire or the like to allow electricity to flow, and then the resistance value is measured.
It uses the principle that the electrical resistance of metal changes depending on temperature.
Another method is a radiometric thermometer, which measures the intensity of infrared and visible light and converts it into temperature.
Nowadays, many thermometers and small thermometers using this method are used.
It is characterized by measuring temperature without direct contact with the object.

---From "How to Measure High Temperature"

Publisher's Review

Guaranteed laughter! Stimulate scientific imagination and curiosity!
A unique science class where experimental equipment speaks directly to you.

Of all the scientific materials, why laboratory equipment? After all, chemical experiments can only be conducted with laboratory equipment.
You need laboratory equipment to conduct experiments such as containing, measuring, mixing, heating or cooling liquids, and observing them.
As you learn about experimental equipment, you will be able to approach chemical concepts more familiarly.
For example, you can learn the basicity, neutrality, and acidity of liquids by recognizing the causes of discoloration of red and blue litmus paper.

All reasons aside, this book indirectly answers the question, "Why?" with, "Because it's fun!"
There has never been a book in which experimental equipment was the main character.
As you read this book, which is like a fun class where the experimental equipment speaks for itself, you will find yourself nodding your head in interest and often bursting into laughter.
Fun, as always, can develop into a voluntary desire to learn.

Lab mates flexibly demonstrate their characteristics as experimental instruments by revealing their individual personalities.
For example, the Erlenmeyer flask group, which is weak to pressure changes, is a personality that is afraid of getting hot, the Baekyeopsang group was commonly used in the past but is not used much these days, so they are described as being dull, and the liquid nitrogen group is a choleric group that is always angry because of its low boiling point.
If you follow their personalities, you will be able to understand the experimental equipment naturally without having to memorize it separately.
In addition, it includes precautions and instructions for use during experiments, as well as behind-the-scenes stories about the experimental scientists.
This is a rich science book that goes beyond just fun information and fosters scientific thinking and imagination.

Beaker Army, Microscope Team, Baron Chalet, Three-Neck Flask Sister, Rapjack Brother…
From familiar to somewhat unfamiliar instruments
A delightful guide to laboratory equipment, showcasing a variety of laboratory equipment in one place.

“I want to draw something fun using science or chemistry, which I like.
"What if we made experimental equipment into characters? Then the main character would probably be… ."
The author of this book decided to draw a cartoon with a laboratory apparatus as the main character, and decided to make a beaker the main character.
We started with beakers because they are the most familiar and basic laboratory equipment, but the number has increased and over 130 laboratory equipment characters have been created, ranging from familiar equipment to things like beakers, flasks, and test tubes, to things with unfamiliar names like quartz cells, fume hoods, and pipette fillers.
As the author, a former researcher, personally writes the content and delivers it through characters he created, you will encounter a highly complete laboratory equipment guide in terms of both content and format.
The author's scientific perspective shines through, especially through the radar charts found only in this book.
The price and the mania index (popularity index) are basic, but by interestingly explaining objective factors such as durability, rolling index, index of easy breakage or damage, index with cool names, and index used in various experiments from a subjective point of view, it has created an easy and enjoyable science book that anyone can read.
Another great lesson this book offers us is the fresh idea that the main characters in the laboratory may not be humans but experimental equipment.

GOODS SPECIFICS

- Date of issue: March 1, 2018

- Page count, weight, size: 176 pages | 362g | 148*210*13mm

- ISBN13: 9791186900444

- ISBN10: 118690044X