Inside the Body: Fantastic Images from Beneath the Skin - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554073170 ISBN 13: 9781554073177

Publisher: Firefly Books, 2007

Synopsis

Review of the original hardcover edition (published as Photographic Atlas of the Body): "Stunning, magnified views of human cells and tissue... beautiful color micro[photo] graphs... accompanied by concise, fact-filled descriptions."
-- Library Journal

This astonishing book reveals the human body as never seen before. Using the most advanced computer imaging techniques, Inside the Body shows the inner workings of human anatomy. The journey begins with individual cells the tiny building blocks of life. There are extraordinary patterns of red blood cells, magnified thousands of times. Remarkable images then reveal the surprising architecture of tissues, muscles and complex organs that make up the body's living network of functional systems, such as the digestive system and the immune system. Finally, ground-breaking pictures shed light on the most mysterious frontier of the human body-the brain and the senses.

Informative text explains how these images were created and what they represent. Not only is Inside the Body a beautiful book for browsing, it is a unique reference tool.

About this title

About the Author:

Baroness Susan Greenfield, PhD, CBE, is a scientist, writer, editor and broadcaster. She is a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University and the Director of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the first woman to hold this office in its 200-year history. Her other books include The Human Brain: A Guided Tour.

Review:

Incredible. (William R. Wineke Wisconsin State Journal 2004-10-24)

Amazing microscopic images. (Stuff Magazine)

Stunning, magnified views of human cells and tissue... beautiful color micrographs... accompanied by concise, fact-filled descriptions. (Sara Rutter Library Journal 2005-01-01)

The photos are spellbinding. The intricacies of the human body are rendered so beautifully that the book gives new meaning to the words "flesh and blood." (Louisville Courier-Journal 2004-11-18)

Wonderfully entertaining... brilliantly detailed, full-color images... an interesting and beautiful book. (Nikki L. Rogers Science Books and Films)

The pictures are breathtaking for the beauty and wonderousness of all that they reveal going on at various levels of our physical life... miraculous universe that is the human body. (Olga Stein Books in Canada)

Huge, entertaining, informative, startling, rich, exciting and a true source of genuine awe. (Dan Hays Salem Statesman-Journal 2004-12-12)

A sophisticated and stunning mixture of art and science. (Carole Goldberg Hartford Courant 2004-12-05)

250 stunning close-ups exploring the physical world within us... I was frequently stopped in my tracks by the sense of drama. (Joy McDonell Canadian Camera)

Chosen as one of the "Best Books for Junior High and Young Adult 2005" by Science Books and Films. (Science Books and Films)

About this edition

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1554073170
• ISBN 13: 9781554073177
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288