Cosmic Imagery

Name: Cosmic Imagery
Brand: WW Norton & Co
SKU: 9780393061772
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Key Images in the History of Science

Автор: John David Barrow

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Корици: С твърди корици

Издател: WW Norton & Co

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We live in a visual age, an age of images iconic, instant, and influential that have crystallized ou...

Информация за книгата

Автор

John David Barrow

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

2008

страници

624

EAN

9780393061772

ISBN

0393061779

Enbook ID

04603625

Издател

WW Norton & Co

Теглоt

1359

Размери

187 x 241 x 35

Пълно описание

We live in a visual age, an age of images iconic, instant, and influential that have crystallized our conception of the large, the small, and the complex, of both inner and outer space. Some, like Robert Hooke's first microscopic views of the natural world, arose because of new technical capabilities. Others, like the first graphs, were breathtakingly simple but perennially useful. The first stunning picture of Earth from space stimulated an environmental consciousness that has grown ever since; the mushroom clouds from atomic and nuclear explosions became the ultimate symbol of death and destruction; Mercator's flat map of the Earth cemented an entire worldview. John D. Barrow's collection encompasses the frontiers of modern science and its most memorable historic moments. But this is much more than a picture book. Entertaining and informative essays accompany the powerful display of images that have illuminated concepts of far-reaching significance."

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