{"product_id":"visual-cultures-in-science-and-klaus-hentschel-9780198829782","title":"Visual Cultures in Science and Technology: A Comparative History","description":"This book aims to provide a synthesis of the history, generation, use, and transfer of images in scientific practice. It delves into the rich reservoir of case studies on visual representations in scientific and technological practice that have accumulated over the past couple of decades by historians, sociologists, and philosophers of science. The main aim is thus located on the meta-level. It adopts an integrative view of recurrently noted general features of visual cultures in science and technology, something hitherto unachieved and believed by many to be a mission impossible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy systematic comparison of numerous case studies, the purview broadens away from myopic microanalysis in search of overriding patterns. The many different disciplines and research areas involved encompass mathematics, technology, natural history, medicine, the geosciences, astronomy, chemistry, and physics. The chosen examples span the period from the Renaissance to the late 20th century. The broad range of visual representations in scientific practice is treated, as well as schooling in pattern recognition, design and implementation of visual devices, and a narrowing in on the special role of illustrators and image specialists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Klaus Hentschel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198829787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198829782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.70w x 1.10d","brand":"Klaus Hentschel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946300080383,"sku":"9780198829782","price":53.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0c8ecf9f-d8f6-4feb-be8c-d3bbc1abe3c4.jpg?v=1681512426","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/visual-cultures-in-science-and-klaus-hentschel-9780198829782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}