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Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science
Norman Barker
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Description for Hidden Beauty: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science: Exploring the Aesthetics of Medical Science
Hardcover. Num Pages: 232 pages, 113 b/w & color images. BIC Classification: PSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1502.
This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider the aesthetics of human disease, a dynamically powerful force of nature that acts without regard to race, religion, or culture. Here more than sixty medical science professionals present visually stunning patterns of different diseases affecting various areas of the human anatomy. Captured with a variety of imaging technology ranging from spectral karyotyping to scanning electron microscopy, we see beauty in the delicate lacework of fungal hyphae invading a blood vessel, the structure of the normal cerebellum, and the desperate ... Read more
This collaborative project by a scientist and artist from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine asks the reader to consider the aesthetics of human disease, a dynamically powerful force of nature that acts without regard to race, religion, or culture. Here more than sixty medical science professionals present visually stunning patterns of different diseases affecting various areas of the human anatomy. Captured with a variety of imaging technology ranging from spectral karyotyping to scanning electron microscopy, we see beauty in the delicate lacework of fungal hyphae invading a blood vessel, the structure of the normal cerebellum, and the desperate ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
1501g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764344121
SKU
V9780764344121
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About Norman Barker
Norman Barker is an Associate Professor of Pathology and Art as Applied to Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He specializes in photomicroscopy and macro photography. Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue is a Professor of Pathology, Oncology, and Surgery at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is the principal investigator of an NIH-funded laboratory focused on molecular genetics of gastrointestinal cancers. ... Read more
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