Micrographia: Historic Microscope Images Coloring Book: Volume 1 (Historic Images) - Softcover

Bow, Frankie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1943476314 ISBN 13: 9781943476312

Publisher: Hawaiian Heritage Press, 2016

Synopsis

Explore the beauty of fleas, fungi, and other unlikely things with these historic illustrations of some of the earliest microscope images. This 8.5 x 11 inch coloring book contains every plate from Robert Hooke's 1665 publication Micrographia in high resolution. Each illustration is printed on one side of the page, with a brief quote from Micrographia and room for notes on the other side. Robert Hooke (1635-1703) is somewhat obscure today, due in part to the enmity of his famous, influential, and extremely vindictive colleague, Sir Isaac Newton. Yet Hooke was perhaps the single greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century. His reputation in the history of biology largely rests on his book Micrographia, published in 1665. Using his compound microscope and illumination system, he observed organisms as diverse as insects, sponges, bryozoans, foraminifera, and bird feathers. Micrographia was an accurate and detailed record of his observations, illustrated with magnificent drawings. (Thanks to Ben Waggoner ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/hooke.html)

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About the Author

Frankie Bow lives in Hawaii and writes murder mysteries. She is delighted to have been invited to collaborate on the Island Colors series of all-ages coloring books from Hawaiian Heritage Press. Like her amateur sleuth Molly Barda, Frankie teaches at a public university. Unlike her protagonist, she is blessed with delightful students, sane colleagues, and a perfectly nice office chair. She believes if life isn't fair, at least it can be entertaining. She believes that coloring books are an excellent and healthful alternative to stashing that bottle of bourbon in the bottom file drawer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hawaiian Heritage Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1943476314
• ISBN 13: 9781943476312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80