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The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer (Library of American Art)

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The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer (Library of American Art) [Hardcover]

Harry Robin (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0810938235 | ISBN-13: 978-0810938236 | Publication Date: October 1992 | Edition: First Edition

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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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Harry N Abrams; First Edition edition (October 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0810938235
ISBN-13: 978-0810938236
Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.9 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,630,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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