The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer. Historical Forword by Daniel J. Kevles.

Robin, Harry:

ISBN 10: 0716725045 / ISBN 13: 9780716725046

Verlag: Freeman & Co. Oxford, 1992,, 1993

Beschreibung

239 S., Paperback, 4°. Zustand: sehr gut.Gewicht: 900 g Englischsprachige Ausgabe - Text in English.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 13060

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Scientific Image: From Cave to Computer. Historical Forword by Daniel J. Kevles.
• Verlag: Freeman & Co. Oxford, 1992,
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1993
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0716725045
• ISBN-13: 9780716725046
• Einband: Softcover
• Gewicht: 900 Gramm
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Geschichte & Kulturgeschichte

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Inhaltsangabe

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.