Images from Life
Softcover
1971 · London
by N/A
London: The British Museum, 1971. Softcover. VG interior but with sunning, soiling and a few light creases to covers. White wraps with silver lettering. Unpaginated with approx. 100 pp. and 81 bw photographs. Contains a selection of electron micrographs of 3-D structures present in living and fossil organisms. The photos were produced by workers at the British Museum, beginning in 1966, by useing a scanning electron microscope. The purpose is to stimulate an awareness of the structural design and pattern values of natural objects as revealed at high magnification. Includes a very brief essay and a catalogue with titles of the works, along with full-page bw photos of each. (Inventory #: 141336)