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    Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Works of science can also be works of beautyMaking images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout the long history of science, people have used illustrations to capture what they see and to communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.The Art of Science draws on a wealth of beautiful science and natural history images from every major culture; from plants to the human body, and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include drawings, prints, and engravings from landmark books such as Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos and John James Audubon's Birds of America.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographs explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where it was exactly right.The Art of Science is a visual history of scientific thought, showing that works of science can also be works of beauty. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human culturesInsightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed scienceContemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography.A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty.DK would like to thank all the scientists, curators, and historians of science and art who helped to put this book together: Dr Geoffrey Belknap, Tony Allan, Dr Katy Barrett, Dr Richard Bellis, Dr Laura Gray Blair, Carrie Gibson, Dr Thea Goldring, Joel Levy, Philip Parker, Giles Sparrow, Dr Eleanor Stephenson, and Marcus Weeks.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human culturesInsightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed scienceContemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty. 304 pp. Englisch.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human culturesInsightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed scienceContemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty. 304 pp. Englisch.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:- More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human cultures- Insightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed science- Contemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty.…

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    Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Works of science can also be works of beautyMaking images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout the long history of science, people have used illustrations to capture what they see and to communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.The Art of Science draws on a wealth of beautiful science and natural history images from every major culture; from plants to the human body, and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include drawings, prints, and engravings from landmark books such as Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos and John James Audubon's Birds of America.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographs explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where it was exactly right.The Art of Science is a visual history of scientific thought, showing that works of science can also be works of beauty. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human culturesInsightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed scienceContemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:- More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human cultures- Insightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed science- Contemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty.Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Weidestraße 122 a, 22083 Hamburg 304 pp. Englisch.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. The Art of Science | A Visual Story of Scientific Discovery | DK | Buch | 304 S. | Englisch | 2026 | Dorling Kindersley Ltd. | EAN 9780241771198 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, 22083 Hamburg, gpsr[at]petersen-buchimport[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

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    Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Works of science can also be works of beautyMaking images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout the long history of science, people have used illustrations to capture what they see and to communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.The Art of Science draws on a wealth of beautiful science and natural history images from every major culture; from plants to the human body, and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include drawings, prints, and engravings from landmark books such as Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos and John James Audubon's Birds of America.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographs explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where it was exactly right.The Art of Science is a visual history of scientific thought, showing that works of science can also be works of beauty. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

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    Hardback. Condition: New. Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human culturesInsightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed scienceContemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's notebooks, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography.A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty.DK would like to thank all the scientists, curators, and historians of science and art who helped to put this book together: Dr Geoffrey Belknap, Tony Allan, Dr Katy Barrett, Dr Richard Bellis, Dr Laura Gray Blair, Carrie Gibson, Dr Thea Goldring, Joel Levy, Philip Parker, Giles Sparrow, Dr Eleanor Stephenson, and Marcus Weeks.…

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    Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Follow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life.Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today.In this beautiful book, you will find:- More than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human cultures- Insightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed science- Contemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original imagesThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from all areas of natural history and science, from plants to the human body and Earth science to astronomy and physics. They include images from landmark books such as Leonardo da Vinci's not Elektronisches Buch, Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos, John James Audubon's Birds of America, and Charles Darwin's Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle.Incredible images record historic leaps forward in understanding - such as the first time cells and their nuclei were seen through a microscope or the Moon's craters were seen through a telescope. Modern artworks and photographic images explain our current understanding of the ideas encapsulated in the artworks, showcasing where scientific understanding has moved on but also, incredibly, where the people who made the original images were exactly right.The book opens with an introduction that traces the history of collaboration between artists and scientists and shows how visual communication has moved forward in step with the invention of instruments such as the microscope. It also reveals the transformative effect of the technology for printing and reproduction - from woodblock to the printing press, engraving, and lithography. A visual history of scientific thought, The Art of Science proves that works of science can also be works of artistry and beauty. 304 pp. Englisch.…