The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer (Library of American Art)
Robin, Harry
ISBN 10: 0810938235 ISBN 13: 9780810938236
Published by Abrams, 1992
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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.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer ...
Publisher: Abrams
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Profusely Illustrated
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included