Book ID: CBB384641457

Seeing Science: The Art of Making the Invisible Visible (2022)

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Jack Challoner (Author)


MIT Press


Publication Date: 2022
Physical Details: 272
Language: English

We live among patterns of delicate beauty and exquisite chaos that our eyes can't detect; we are surrounded by invisible particles and shifting fields of matter that permeate all of space. Our very cells are intricate molecular machines, and the story of our origins stretches back through an unimaginable amount of time. How can we see the richness of what lies beyond our sensory perception? Scientists have developed visualization tools that can make the invisible visible. This bountifully illustrated book demonstrates the power of images to represent the unseeable, offering stunning visualizations of science that range from the microscopic to the incredibly vast. With more than 200 color images and an engaging text by leading science writer Jack Challoner, Seeing Science explains and illustrates the techniques by which scientists create visualizations of their discoveries. We see the first detection of a black hole as represented by an image from an Xray telescope, get a direct view of DNA through an electron microscope, and much more. Visualizations are also used to make sense of an avalanche of data—concisely presenting information from the 20,000 or so human genes, for example. Scientists represent complex theories in computer models, which take on a curious beauty of their own. And scientists and artists collaborate to create art from science visualizations, with intriguing results.

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Authors & Contributors
Alexis L. Boylan
Casini, Silvia
Lederer, Roger J.
Araque, Alfonso
Tramelli, Barbara
Newman, Eric
Concepts
Visual representation; visual communication
Science and art
Visualization technology
Scientific illustration
Senses and sensation; perception
Visualization
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
Renaissance
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
Places
Italy
Sicily
Scotland
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Spain
Institutions
Dance Notation Bureau (DNB)
University of Aberdeen
IMAX Filmed Entertainment
Royal Society of London
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