- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape (2 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224076914
- ISBN-13: 978-0224076913
- Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 3.5 x 29.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 249,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sunday Times
'Heart-stopping... Life, the book, doesn’t just take you closer to the biological process; it explores it from within'
Channel 4 News, March 1, 2006
'Using revolutionary techniques... his lens has captured the most extraordinary images... Fantastically coloured, minutely detailed'
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a beautiful photographic book. The clarity of the images taken inside the womb are astounding. The book moves through the stages of development of the foetus and cover other areas such as images of cancer cells and viruses.
The only problem i have with the book is that it is quite brief and there is no in-depth text to accompany the images.
It would be great to see a more extensive version of this book with more images to cover the same time span.
Nevertheless this is a mesmerising book. I find myself staring at the pictures for ages because they are such a rare sight.
The only problem i have with the book is that it is quite brief and there is no in-depth text to accompany the images.
It would be great to see a more extensive version of this book with more images to cover the same time span.
Nevertheless this is a mesmerising book. I find myself staring at the pictures for ages because they are such a rare sight.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I initially bought this book because I'd seen a news article about it containing images never before seen using the latest in scanning technology (e.g., neural development in a foetus).
The images are absolutely stunning - they cover a variety of cell types, parts of the body, development of a foetus, bacteria etc. My favourite is a close-up of a toothbrush against the surface of a tooth - you'll never look at such mundane things in the same way ever again!
I'd recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the human body - there is little text, which is great since the images more than speak for themselves. It's a great coffee table book as well as a book which you can dip into at any point.
The images are absolutely stunning - they cover a variety of cell types, parts of the body, development of a foetus, bacteria etc. My favourite is a close-up of a toothbrush against the surface of a tooth - you'll never look at such mundane things in the same way ever again!
I'd recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the human body - there is little text, which is great since the images more than speak for themselves. It's a great coffee table book as well as a book which you can dip into at any point.
Format:Hardcover
El desarrollo de la vida mostrado a nosotros en todo su gran esplendor!!!; impresionantes fotografias a todo color, sorprendentes imagenes tanto del embrion como el feto en su pleno desarrolo, con gran calidad; desde la concepcion hasta el nacimiento, llevando al lector paso a paso por la increible jornada de la formacion del ser humano dentro del utero materno...ademas se incluyen perfectas imagenes de organos del cuerpo humano (corazon, intestinos, higado, globulos rojos, etc) y acercamientos microscopicos al mundo de los virus y las bacterias (incluso del VIH)...Un libro ideal para todo admirador del milagro de la vida!!!
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