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Photography and science / Kelley Wilder.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilder, Kelley E. (Kelley Elizabeth), 1971-
- Series:
- Exposures (London, England)
- Exposures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and science.
- Photographic chemistry.
- Photography--History.
- Photography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (142 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How do we know what an amoeba looks like? How can doctors see the details of our skeletons and internal organs? What enables us to see an exploding star in another galaxy? All of these things are made possible through the innovations of photography. Kelley Wilder now provides a primer on the remarkably fruitful applications of photography to science, as she explores the multiple facets of this complex relationship.Kelley Wilder draws upon her extensive background in alternative process photography, museum practice, art history, and history of science to produce a
- Contents:
- Photography and Science Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Introduction; one: Photography and Observation; two: Photography and Experiment; three: Photography and the Archive; four: Art and the Scientific Photograph; Glossary; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612450563
- 9781282450561
- 1282450565
- 9781861896803
- 1861896808
- OCLC:
- 465191308
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