Seeing Science: How Photography Reveals the Universe

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Photography's critical role in science explained Subjects range from facial recognition to outer space For everyone curious about the impact of photography on our lives Additional Comp Titles Believing Is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography, by Errol Morris. 9781594203015, $40.00 USD (Penguin, 2011)Kelley Wilder: Photography and Science. 9781861893994, $40.00 USD (Reaktion Books, 2009) Seeing Science also featured in: The Guardian, July 15, 2019 Art Daily, July 10, 2019 Lenscratch, July 6, 2019 Blind, June 20, 2019 My Modern Met, June 7, 2019 Wired UK, May 26, 2019 Musee Magazine, May 14, 2019 NUVO, May 13, 2019 Publisher's Weekly, April 26, 2019 Od Review, April 17, 2019 Nature, April 8, 2019 Hyperallergic, January 19, 2019

Marvin Heiferman (author) creates projects about photography and visual culture for institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian Institution, International Center of Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New Museum and the Carnegie Museum of Art. Heiferman has written for numerous publications, monographs, magazines and blogs, including The New York Times, CNN, Artforum, Design Observer, Art in America, and Aperture. He is the author/editor of over two dozen books on visual culture, including Photography Changes Everything (Aperture/Smithsonian, 2012). Scott Kelly is a retired NASA astronaut best known for spending a record-breaking year in space. He is a former US Navy fighter pilot, test pilot, and veteran of four spaceflights. Kelly commanded the space shuttle Endeavour in 2007 and commanded the International Space Station for three expeditions. He resides in Houston, Texas.

"Science is such a cornucopia that a book of visuals on its history could take up thousands of pages. Such is curator Marvin Heiferman's prowess, however, that Seeing Science somehow covers everything in just 224. Heiferman takes us from ornithology, astronomy and genomics to ecology, chemistry and physics, on a dizzying tour of disciplines through lenses of the likes of Felice Frankel, James Balog, Rosalind Franklin and David Doubilet." -Nature