Drawing Processes of Life - Molecules, Cells, Organisms

Gemma Anderson-Tempini; John Dupré (Eds)

ISBN 10: 1789387094 / ISBN 13: 9781789387094

Published by Intellect Ltd, Bristol, 2023

About this Item

338pp, with colour and b&w images within the text. A Fine (As New) 1st Edition copy with pristine text, no inscriptions, no wear to binding and very little trace of use to pictorial board covers. Please see 10 pictures attached for a closer look at condition & content. Carefully packaged and dispatched within 24 hours.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Drawing Processes of Life - Molecules, Cells, Organisms
• Publisher: Intellect Ltd, Bristol
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789387094
• ISBN 13: 9781789387094
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 16.99W x 24.41H x 3.05D centimeters 16.99 centimeters width by 24.41 centimeters height by 3.05 centimeters depth
• Weight: 971 grams

About this title

Synopsis

How the challenge of depicting biological systems can generate productive questions for artists and scientists.
 
An artist sketching cell division faces a problem: what is the best way to visually represent a dynamic process? This anthology, edited by an artist and a philosopher of science, explores drawing as a way of inquiring into living processes at the molecular, cellular, and organismal scale. In doing so, drawing emerges as a tool for relaying and uncovering knowledge—a pathway for research, not an end result.
 
Incorporating drawing studies and contributions from scholars in the humanities and life sciences, Drawing Processes of Life addresses epigenetics, epistemology, and metamorphosis in insects, proteins, and other ever-shifting biological systems. A foreword by Scott F. Gilbert, a renowned evolutionary biologist and historian of science, affirms the promise of interdisciplinary collaboration between artists and scientists.

About the Authors

Gemma Anderson-Tempini is an artist and research fellow at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exeter.

John Dupré is professor of philosophy of science at the University of Exeter and director of Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences.