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Fascination with the scientific advances that were rapidly changing the world motivated Berenice Abbott to use photography as the friendly interpreter of science. Documenting Science explores this work, beginning in 1939 with Abbott's early experiments with scientific imagery, continuing with science-based commercial assignments, and culminating in 1958 with the Physical Science Study Project at MIT which illustrated a new series of physics text books. This spectacular body of work is arguably Abbott's most innovative and creative. Both beautiful and instructive, these images often illustrate some basic scientific principle. They are a marriage of science and art, and have fundamentally changed the way thousands of students visualize complex principles of physics.
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Fascination with the scientific advances that were rapidly changing the world motivated Berenice Abbott to use photography as "the friendly interpreter of science". Documenting Science explores this work, beginning in 1939 with Abbott's early experiments with scientific imagery, continuing with science-based commercial assignments, and culminating in 1958 with the Physical Science Study Project at MIT which illustrated a new series of physics textbooks. This spectacular body of work is arguably Abbott's most innovative and creative. Both beautiful and instructive, these images often illustrate some basic scientific principle. They are a marriage of science and art, and have fundamentally changed the way thousands of students visualize complex principles of physics.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, first printing in Fine++ condition. Hardcover. Unread, 178 pages. Edited by Ron Kurtz. The most comprehensive monograph on this underappreciated body of work from Abbot who is best known for her classic book of photographs "Changing New York." Features essays by Julia Van Haaften and John Durant. Includes 93 tritone illustrations. A crisp copy in cloth boards with black and white image inset into the front cover. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book that is surprisingly uncommon despite it's recent vintage. Seller Inventory # 2025012
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First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 178 pages. Edited by Ron Kurtz. The most comprehensive monograph on this underappreciated body of work from Abbot who is best known for her classic book of photographs "Changing New York." Features essays by Julia Van Haaften and John Durant. Includes 93 tritone illustrations. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards with black and white image inset into the front cover. No dust jacket as issued. A beautifully printed book that is surprisingly uncommon despite it's recent vintage. Seller Inventory # 206465
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