Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe

(Hardback)

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• Photographys critical role in science explained
• Subjects range from facial recognition to outer space
• For everyone curious about the impact of photography on our lives

Additional Comp Titles
Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography, by Errol Morris. 9781594203015, $40.00 USD (Penguin, 2011)Kelley Wilder: Photography and Science. 9781861893994, $40.00 USD (Reaktion Books, 2009)

Seeing Science also featured in:
The Guardian, July 15, 2019
Art Daily, July 10, 2019
Lenscratch, July 6, 2019
Blind, June 20, 2019
My Modern Met, June 7, 2019
Wired UK, May 26, 2019
Muse Magazine, May 14, 2019
NUVO, May 13, 2019
Publishers Weekly, April 26, 2019
Od Review, April 17, 2019
Nature, April 8, 2019
Hyperallergic, January 19, 2019

Reviews

Science is such a cornucopia that a book of visuals on its history could take up thousands of pages. Such is curator Marvin Heifermans prowess, however, that Seeing Science somehow covers everything in just 224. Heiferman takes us from ornithology, astronomy and genomics to ecology, chemistry and physics, on a dizzying tour of disciplines through lenses of the likes of Felice Frankel, James Balog, Rosalind Franklin and David Doubilet. Nature

Author Bio

Marvin Heiferman (author) creates projects about photography and visual culture for institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian Institution, International Center of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Heiferman has written for numerous publications, monographs, magazines and blogs, including The New York Times, CNN, Artforum, Design Observer, Art in America, and Aperture. He is the author/editor of over two dozen books on visual culture, including Photography Changes Everything (Aperture/Smithsonian, 2012). Scott Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut best known for spending a record-breaking year in space. He is a former US Navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and veteran of four spaceflights. Kelly commanded the space shuttle Endeavour in 2007 and commanded the International Space Station for three expeditions. He resides in Houston, Texas.