Product Information\n\nThe Art of Science: A Visual Story of Scientific Discovery by DK\n\nClick on the Image to Enlarge zoom_in\n\nDESCRIPTION\nFollow the story of scientific discovery through the images that have made it come to life. Making images by hand has always been part of science. Throughout history, scientists and artists have created images to capture what they see and communicate their ideas. That tradition is alive and well today. In this beautiful book, you will find:\nMore than 400 drawings, paintings, and other original artworks that span the millennia and human cultures Insightful text that sets the images in context, profiles the men and women who made them, and explains how they changed science Contemporary artworks and modern scientific images - including photographs, X-rays, and space telescope images - that explain the science and show features that were hidden from the people who made the original images\nThe Art of Science draws on a wealth of images from am