Science illustration : a history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today

Science illustration : a history of visual knowledge from the 15th century to today /

Science and illustration have always walked hand in hand, and not only the scientific community but the general public as well have used images since early history to understand natural phenomena. Moreover, from Galileo to Einstein, our modern history has been written with the key support of art and...

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Main Author: Escardó, Anna (Author)
Other Authors: Wiedemann, Julius (Editor), Barton, Timothy (Translator) (Translator), Buseck, Lea (Translator), Fischer, Martin B., 1963- (Translator), Daniel, Aurélie (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
German
Spanish
Published: Köln : Taschen, [2022]
Subjects:
Scientific illustration > History.
Medical illustration > History.
Technical illustration > History.
Drawing > Scientific applications.
Information visualization.
Visual communication.
Art and science.
Drawing > Scientific applications
Medical illustration
Scientific illustration
Technical illustration
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Julius Wiedemann
  • Introduction / Anna Escardó
  • From the 15th to the 17th century : from Copernicus's heliocentrism to Newton's law of gravitation: The developments that shaped the future of science
  • 18th century : from Watt's steam engine to Lavoisier's synthesis of water: Science changes people's lives
  • 19th century : from Darwin's theory of evolution to Edison's light bulbs: The popularization of scientific knowledge
  • 20th century and beyond : from Einstein's relativity theory to CERN's Large Hadron Collider: A new understanding of our place in the universe.

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