Essential Laboratory Skills for Biosciences

List of Figures vii

List of Tables xi

Acknowledgements xiii

Introduction xv

Health and Safety xvii

1 Measurements and Calculations 1

1.1 Units and measurements 1

1.2 Measuring the volumes of liquids 4

1.3 Pipetting 8

1.4 Weighing 15

1.5 Calculations 19

2 Preparing Solutions 23

2.1 Common terms defi...