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Humans, Nature, and Birds: Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens | 
 enlarge | Authors: Darryl Wheye, Donald Kennedy
Creator: Paul R. Ehrlich
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $37.50
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Sales Rank: 46770
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.2 x 1
ISBN: 0300123884
Dewey Decimal Number: 704.94328
EAN: 9780300123883
ASIN: 0300123884
Publication Date: July 24, 2008
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DIVP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"This book invites readers to enter a two-floor virtual #8220;gallery#8221; where 60-plus images of birds reflecting the accomplishments of human pictorial history are on display. These are works in a genre the authors term IScience Art#8212;/Ithat is, art that says something about the natural world and how it works. Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy show how these works of art can advance our understanding of the ways nature has been perceived over time, its current vulnerability, and our responsibility to preserve its wealth./PP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /PP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"Each room in the gallery is dedicated to a single topic. The rooms on the first floor show birds as icons, birds as resources, birds as teaching tools, and more. On the second floor, the images and their captions clarify what Science Art is and how the intertwining of art and science can change the way we look at each. The authors also provide a timeline linking scientific innovations with the production of images of birds, and they offer a checklist of steps to promote the creation and accessibility of Science Art. Readers who tour this unique and fascinating gallery will never look at art depicting nature in the same way again./PP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" /PPPublished with assistance from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation's Public Understanding of Science and Technology Program./P/DIV (20080720)
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