Invisible Worlds : Exploring the Unseen
Editorial Reviews
Review
FRONT - Book of the Month : 'Argh! Where am I? Hold on to your head, this is going to be a twister. Humans can see about 1/5000,000 of stuff out there, a statistic we just made up to illusrate how good this book is. It's full of photos of atoms exploding, microscopic insects eating human bum flakes, the sun farting out a spume of boiling plasma larger than Earth, a map of the entire universe... it supplies you with an incredibly diverse spectrum of all the things that are there, but you'll never see...'
GEOGRAPHICAL : 'In this collection of stunning images, science writer and television producer Piers Bizony takes his readers on a journey through the electromagnetic spectrum, of which visible light is but a narrow band, and beyond...His accessible descriptions and imaginative analogies, interspersed with historical references, makes complex science enjoyable and informative. This is a coffe-table science book you can dip into again and again.'
FOCUS : 'In Invisible Worlds, Piers Bizony looks beyond feeble human vision to reveal some truly glorious sights... a real eye-opener.'
CHEMISTRY WORLD : 'The book takes us on a staggering visual journey through scenes that are not visible to the naked eye... stunning... fascinating... very topical... This is most definitely a coffee-table book but it is not without considerable educational value... the quality of the photographs and the printing make it excellent value for money.'
Book Description
Take an amazing and truly awe-inspiring visual voyage, courtesy of 100 incredible images made from the most sophisticated, cutting-edge technology, and see what can’t be seen with the naked eye.
It’s an eye-opening experience: from the smashing of atoms to the diffraction of X-rays skimming through a crystal of DNA, the deepest patterns of nature’s building blocks are revealed to thrilling effect thanks to revolutionary technology. These thoroughly breathtaking images delve deep into the invisible world, letting us peer into the hidden secrets of heat, sound, and all manner of exotic energies and radiations. View the human body as seen in a colored Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan; a photo of a huge solar prominence, taken by an Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope; an enhanced electron scan of tiny dust mites; and striking spots of light from the distant galaxies. Computer simulations, powered by 21st-century mathematics, hint that there are still greater truths out there. It’s as unbelievable as the best science fiction—and it’s all true.
Invisible Worlds: Exploring the Unseen,Piers Bizony,Weidenfeld & Nicolson,0297843427,Cosmology,Microscopes & Microscopy,Science,Science/Mathematics,General science,HOME REFERENCE - REMODEL/RENOV TRD PB,Science / General
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