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How can cartoon images aid in understanding bacterial biological
processes? What prompts physicists to blur their images before
showing them to biologists? Considering that the astronomer's data
consists solely of invisible, electric impulses, what is the
difference between representing outer space as images, graphs, or
sound? How does a work of contemporary art differ from a scientific
image if we cannot visually distinguish between the two? How do
aesthetics, art, and design influence scientific visualization and
vice versa? This volume asks critically important questions about
scientific data representation and provides significant insights to
a field that is interdisciplinary in its very core. The authors
investigate scientific data representation through the joint optics
of the humanities and natural sciences. The volume particularly
appeals to scholars in visual and aesthetic studies, data
visualization, scientific illustration, experience culture,
information design, and science communication.
With a foreword by Bill Bryson 'Compelling . . . moving and often
startlingly visceral' Times Literary Supplement 'Horrifying. But,
in the end, inspiring.' William Leith, London Evening Standard 'A
wonderful meditation on the human condition and a testament to the
power of love' Max Pemberton, columnist and author of Trust Me, I'm
a (Junior) Doctor 'As gripping as a thriller' Daily Express * * *
At the age of 38, Rikke Schmidt Kjaergaard, a Danish scientist,
wife and mother of three, is struck down by an acute bout of
bacterial meningitis. She awakes from a coma in intensive care to
find herself completely paralysed, unable to show she is conscious
except by blinking her eye. It becomes her only form of
communication as in the months that follow, Kjaergaard's husband
Peter sits beside her helping to interpret every eye movement. She
struggles with every basic of life - painfully learning how to
breathe, move, eat and speak again. Despite being given a five per
cent chance of survival, she works intensively to recover and
achieve every small breakthrough. The Blink of an Eye is a
celebration of love and family and every little thing that matters
when life is in the balance - written by a scientist uniquely able
to describe her physical and mental journey to recovery.
'As gripping as a thriller' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Heartbreaking and
life-affirming' MAX PEMBERTON, author of TRUST ME, I'M A (JUNIOR)
DOCTOR 'The most spellbinding and harrowing story I believe I have
ever heard. It is the story you are about to read' From the
Foreword by BILL BRYSON * * * The powerful and moving memoir by a
scientist and mother of three of how she learned to live again,
after a sudden severe infection caused her to die and then revive,
but locked in - completely paralysed, and only able to blink an
eye. Foreword by Bill Bryson. At the age of 38, Rikke Schmidt
Kjaergaard, a Danish scientist, wife and mother of three, is struck
down by an acute bout of bacterial meningitis. She awakes from a
coma in intensive care to find herself locked in, unable to show
she is conscious except by blinking her eye. It becomes her only
form of communication as in the months that follow, Kjaergaard's
husband Peter sits beside her helping to interpret every eye
movement. She struggles with every basic of life - painfully
learning how to breathe, move, eat and speak again. Despite being
given a five per cent chance of survival, she works intensively to
recover and to achieve every small breakthrough. The Blink of an
Eye is a celebration of love and family and every little thing that
matters when life is in the balance - written by a scientist
uniquely able to describe her physical and mental journey to
recovery.
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