Visual cultures in science and technology : a comparative history /

Main Author: Hentschel, Klaus
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction - - 2. Historiographic layers of visual science cultures - - 3. Formation of visual science cultures - - 4. Pioneers of visual science cultures - - 5. Transfer of visual techniques - - 6. Support by illustrators and image technicians - - 7. One image rarely comes alone - - 8. Practical training in visual skills - - 9. Mastery of pattern recognition - - 10. Visual thinking in scientific and technological practice - - 11. Recurrent color taxonomies - - 12. Aesthetic fascination as a visual culture's binding glue - - 13. Issues of visual perception - - 14. Visuality through and through.