The Scientific Image. From Cave to Computer. Historical Foreword by D. J. Kevles.

ROBIN, HARRY.

ISBN 10: 0716725045 / ISBN 13: 9780716725046

Published by New York Freeman, 1993

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4to. 239 Seiten, zahlreiche teils farbige Abbildungen. Illustrierte Original-Broschur. - In englischer Sprache. - Sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar. Sprache: Englischg 0,900 gr. Illustrierte Original-Broschur.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Scientific Image. From Cave to Computer. Historical Foreword by D. J. Kevles.
• Publisher: New York Freeman
• Publication Date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0716725045
• ISBN 13: 9780716725046
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 0.
• Weight: 900 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

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Synopsis

Like an elegant picture album of the history of science, The Scientific Image: from Cale to Computer charts the efforts of professionals and amateurs to represent their obsenations of natural phenomena through illustrations. It is a celebration of the insatiable curiosity and the desire to explain which are the t-,vin inspirations of scientific discovery. The images author Harry Robin has assembled here range from the skv charts of the ancient Siberian Chukchis to NASA's most sophisticated computer imagen,. Included are illustrative works from the bestknown names in science-Einstein, Newton, Gallileo, da Vinci, Ben Franklin, Darwin, Edison, Watson and Crick-as well as ingenius creations from obscure sources. Throughout, insightful commentary describes each image in its context.