Pushing the Limits: Encounters with Body Worlds Creator Gunther von Hagens

Various Contributors

ISBN 10: 3937256024 / ISBN 13: 9783937256023

Published by Arts & Sciences, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pushing the Limits: Encounters with Body Worlds Creator Gunther von Hagens
• Publisher: Arts & Sciences
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3937256024
• ISBN 13: 9783937256023
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Who is Gunther von Hagens? To some, the creator of BODY WORLDS is an imposter, to others, he is a genius, and then there are those who see him as a monster and troublemaker. For the first time, relatives, friends, and colleagues who have accompanied him through various periods of his life reveal deep insights into this controversial personality. By means of their stories and anecdotes, they spotlight the hitherto unknown facets of this idiosyncratic anatomist. They tell of the serious and the funny, of the exciting and the offensive; but in any case, their tales of one of the mysterious figures of our times are adventurous and enthralling. Like pieces of a mosaic, the illustrated articles on his childhood, his escape from the socialist German Democratic Republic, his time as a university anatomist, and his role as producer of exhibitions form a multifarious encounter with the inventor of plastination and with his work.