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Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Follows the history of our exploration of the brain through images, from medieval sketches and 19th-century drawings by the founder of modern neuroscience to images produced using state-of-the-art techniques, allowing us to see the fantastic networks in the brain as never before. These black-and-white and vibrantly colored images, many resembling abstract art, are employed daily by scientists around the world, but most have never before been seen...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"THE SKY ATLAS assembles some of the most beautiful maps and charts ever created to understand the skies above us. This richly illustrated treasury showcases the finest examples of celestial cartography-a glorious art often overlooked by modern map books-as well as medieval manuscripts, masterpiece paintings, ancient star catalogues, antique instruments, and other curiosities. This is the sky as it has never been presented before: the realm of stars...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Language
English
Description
Combining state-of-the-art cartographic technology and information with dynamic and diverse physiographic and cultural content, the Eighth Edition is National Geographic's most accurate and interesting record of the world yet. The opening section, Ninety Years of Mapping at National Geographic, traces the founding of Geographic cartography to the present advances in technology and the practice of compiling and organizing geographic information. The...
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
©2007
Language
English
Description
This in-depth manual demonstrates hundreds of massage techniques and strategies for deep tissue work. In addition to broad instructions and theory, it offers specific protocols for treatment of conditions and injuires encountered in massage practice, including strengthening and stretching advice for clients. It also demonstrates necessary principles for massage therapists who want to add to their stroke repertoire and are looking for a quick reference...
Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"This is the first book to catalog comparative maps and tableaux that visualize the heights and lengths of the world's mountains and rivers. Produced predominantly in the nineteenth century, these beautifully rendered maps emerged out of the tide of exploration and scientific developments in measuring techniques. Beginning with the work of explorer Alexander von Humboldt, these historic drawings reveal a world of artistic and imaginative difference....
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