The Scientific Imagination (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Indeed, common scientific practices such as modeling and idealization rely on the imagination to construct simplified, stylized scenarios essential for scientific understanding. Together, these contributions combine to provide a comprehensive and exciting picture of the scientific imagination.

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Prophetic Pictures : Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Knowledge and Uses of the Visual A…

Prophetic Pictures : Nathaniel Hawthorne's Knowledge and Uses of the Visual Arts, Hardcover by Gollin, Rita K.; Idol, John L., Jr., ISBN 0313275734, ISBN-13 9780313275739, Brand New, Free shipping in the US This study takes an unusual approach to Nathaniel Hawthorne's knowledge and uses of the visual arts by tracing his encounters with art in New England, then focusing on his determined effort to acquire a taste for painting at the Manchester Exhibition in 1857. The authors explore Hawthorne's responses to art as he traveled through France and Italy, and discuss his continuing interest in the visual arts once he returned to America. A special section contains Hawthorne's responses to selected works of art, together with photographs of the works themselves.

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Prophetic Pictures : Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Knowledge and Uses of the Visual A…

Prophetic Pictures : Nathaniel Hawthorne's Knowledge and Uses of the Visual Arts, Hardcover by Gollin, Rita K.; Idol, John L., Jr., ISBN 0313275734, ISBN-13 9780313275739, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This study takes an unusual approach to Nathaniel Hawthorne's knowledge and uses of the visual arts by tracing his encounters with art in New England, then focusing on his determined effort to acquire a taste for painting at the Manchester Exhibition in 1857. The authors explore Hawthorne's responses to art as he traveled through France and Italy, and discuss his continuing interest in the visual arts once he returned to America. A special section contains Hawthorne's responses to selected works of art, together with photographs of the works themselves.

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Images of Knowledge: The Epistemic Lives of Pictures and Visualisations by Nora

Making sense of nano images – Paula Muhr: Framing the Hysterical Body - A comparative analysis of a historical and a contemporary approach to imaging functional leg paralysis – Nora S. Vaage: Grow Your Own Views on Knowledge: Visions and framings of synthetic biology – Jørgen Bakke: Et In Arcadia Ego: Poussin and early modern visual historia – John Ødemark: Framing Quetzalcoatl, Picturing Culture - Iconology and the image of the other in early modern mythography – Matthias Bruhn: Epilogue.

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