Flashes of brilliance the genius of early photography and how it transformed art, science, and history
"Today it's routine to take photos from an airplane window, use a camera underwater, watch a movie, or view an X-ray. But the photographic innovations more than a century ago that made such things possible were experimental, revelatory, and sometimes dangerous--and many of the innovators, entreprene...
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Fields of vision. Under darkness
- To the moon
- Up in the air
- Into the water
- Part II: Perception and deception. Intrigue and impact
- Trick or truth
- In color
- Caught!
- Cartomania
- Part III: Into focus. Running, jumping, galloping
- Cells and snowflakes
- Bones, skin, eyes, and brains
- Conclusion: A new century.
