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A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially
photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate
responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world.
While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in
histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first
impressions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely
seen and have often remained hidden and locked away. Botanical
Sketchbooks brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records
gloriously back into the light. In a series of biographical
portraits organized thematically into four sections, the book
illuminates a range of intriguing characters, from many different
countries and cultures, including Germany, France, Italy, America,
Australia, Japan and China. Sketchbooks proper are joined by
notebooks, journals, albums, loose pieces of paper, works on
vellum, manuscripts, letters, herbarium sheets and marginalia –
even one drawing on the back of an envelope. Turning the pages of
this book will be an invitation to relive extraordinary
experiences, imagine lost worlds, and be immersed in the
endeavours, observations and motivations of the makers of such
beautiful and enchanting art.
A glorious celebration of the beauty, diversity, importance and
sheer wonder of plants, with exquisite illustrations from the
collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Plants feed us,
clothe us, shelter us, help transport us, and can both intoxicate
and cure us. From food staples to exotic and enchanting flowers,
plants are essential for the wellbeing of our selves and our
planet. Helen and William Bynum are expert guides to the intriguing
histories and uses of over 80 key plants. Rich in cultural,
historical, botanical and symbolic associations, the plants, from
every corner of the globe – both familiar and bizarre – have
fascinating stories to tell. Starting with foods that laid the
foundations for the development of civilizations, such as wheat,
rice and maize, and those that enliven our diet, such as saffron
and spices, sections look at plants that have helped to create our
material world, including bamboo and the oak, and crops that have
made people rich, such as tea, coffee and sugar cane. Many plants
have been used medicinally and others, for instance eucalyptus or
giant redwoods, have come to epitomize entire landscapes. Some are
the objects of obsession, including the tulip, the rose and the
lotus, and some are distinctly strange, such as the world’s
largest flower, rafflesia, which smells of rotting flesh! For
anyone interested in the extraordinary beauty and diversity of
flora around us, this stunning book, illustrated with botanical
drawings, paintings and artworks will be an inspiration and a
delight.
An unrivalled account of turning points and breakthroughs in
medical knowledge and practice, from ancient Egypt, India and China
to the latest technology. Sickness and health, birth and death,
disease and cure: medicine and our understanding of the workings of
our bodies and minds are an inextricable part of how we know who we
are. With science of healing now more vital than ever, as our
bodies face new challenges from the globalization of disease,
environmental change and increased longevity, this timely book is
the best guide ever published to medicine's achievements and its
prospects for the future. An international team of distinguished
experts provide an unrivalled account of the evolution of medical
knowledge and practice from ancient Egypt, India and China to
today's latest technology, from letting blood to keyhole surgery,
from the theory of humours to the genetic revolution, from the
stethoscope to the MRI scanner. They explain medicine's turning
points and conceptual changes in a refreshingly accessible way and
answer some key questions: how has the plague influenced the course
of human history? What effect did the pill have on the lives of
women, and on society as a whole? What challenges does medicine
face in our changing world?
A spirited volume on the great adventures of science throughout
history, for curious readers of all ages
Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space,
the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth.
People have always been doing science because they have always wanted
to make sense of the world and harness its power. From ancient Greek
philosophers through Einstein and Watson and Crick to the
computer-assisted scientists of today, men and women have wondered,
examined, experimented, calculated, and sometimes made discoveries so
earthshaking that people understood the world―or themselves―in an
entirely new way.
This inviting book tells a great adventure story: the history of
science. It takes readers to the stars through the telescope, as the
sun replaces the earth at the center of our universe. It delves beneath
the surface of the planet, charts the evolution of chemistry's periodic
table, introduces the physics that explain electricity, gravity, and
the structure of atoms. It recounts the scientific quest that revealed
the DNA molecule and opened unimagined new vistas for exploration.
Emphasizing surprising and personal stories of scientists both famous
and unsung, A Little History of Science traces the march of science
through the centuries. The book opens a window on the exciting and
unpredictable nature of scientific activity and describes the uproar
that may ensue when scientific findings challenge established ideas.
With delightful illustrations and a warm, accessible style, this is a
volume for young and old to treasure together.
Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of
health care, this Very Short Introduction surveys the history of
medicine from classical times, through the scholastic medieval
tradition and the Enlightenment to the present day. Taking a
thematic rather than strictly chronological approach, W.F. Bynum,
explores the key turning points in the history of Western
medicine-such as the first surgical procedures, the advent of
hospitals, the introduction of anesthesia, X-Rays, vaccinations,
and many other innovations, as well as the rise of experimental
medicine. The book also explores Western medicine's encounters with
Chinese and Indian medicine, as well as nontraditional treatments
such as homeopathy, chiropractic, and other alternative medicines.
Covering a vast amount of information, this Very Short Introduction
sheds new light on medicine's past, while at the same time engaging
with contemporary issues, discoveries, and controversies, such as
the spiraling costs of health care, lack of health insurance for
millions, breakthrough treatments, and much more. For readers who
wish to understand the how we have arrived at our current state of
medical practice and knowledge, this book is essential reading.
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On the Origin of Species (Paperback)
Damien Hirst; Charles Darwin; Edited by William Bynum; Introduction by William Bynum
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Charles Darwin's seminal formulation of the theory of Evolution, On
the Origin of Species continues to be as controversial today as
when it was first published. This Penguin Classics edition contains
an introduction and notes by William Bynum, and features a cover
designed by Damien Hirst. Written for a general readership, On the
Origin of Species sold out on the day of its publication and has
remained in print ever since. Instantly and persistently
controversial, the concept of natural selection transformed
scientific analysis about all life on Earth. Before the Origin of
Species, accepted thinking held that life was the static and
perfect creation of God. By a single, systematic argument Darwin
called this view into question. His ideas have affected public
perception of everything from religion to economics. William
Bynum's introduction discusses Darwin's life, the publication and
reception of the themes of On the Origin of Species, and the
subsequent development of its major themes. The new edition also
includes brief biographies of some of the most important scientific
thinkers leading up to and surrounding the Origin of Species,
suggested further reading, notes and a chronology. Charles Darwin
(1809-82), a Victorian scientist and naturalist, has become one of
the most famous figures of science to date. The advent of On the
Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859 challenged
and contradicted all contemporary biological and religious beliefs.
If you enjoyed On the Origin of Species, you might like Darwin's
The Descent of Man, also available in Penguin Classics.
The Renaissance was a time of immense change in the social,
political, economic, intellectual, and artistic arenas of the
Western world. The cultural construction of the human body occupied
a pivotal role in those transformations. The social and cultural
meanings of embodiment revolutionized the intellectual, political,
and emotional ideologies of the period. Covering the period from
1400 to 1650, this volume examines the flexible and shifting
categories of the body at an unparalleled time of growth in
geographical exploration, science, technology, and commerce. A
Cultural History of the Human Body in the Renaissance presents an
overview of the period with essays on the centrality of the human
body in birth and death, health and disease, sexuality, beauty and
concepts of the ideal, bodies marked by gender, race, class and
disease, cultural representations and popular beliefs, and self and
society.
A Cultural History of The Human Body presents an authoritative
survey from ancient times to the present. This set of six volumes
covers 2800 years of the human body as a physical, social,
spiritual and cultural object. Volume 1: A Cultural History of the
Human Body in Antiquity (1300 BCE - 500 CE) Edited by Daniel
Garrison, Northwestern University. Volume 2: A Cultural History of
the Human Body in The Medieval Age (500 - 1500) Edited by Linda
Kalof, Michigan State University Volume 3: A Cultural History of
the Human Body in the Renaissance (1400 - 1650) Edited by Linda
Kalof, Michigan State University and William Bynum, University
College London. Volume 4: A Cultural History of the Human Body in
the Enlightenment (1600 - 1800) Edited by Carole Reeves, Wellcome
Trust Centre for the History of Medicine, University College
London. Volume 5: A Cultural History of the Human Body in the Age
of Empire (1800 - 1920) Edited by Michael Sappol, National Library
of Medicine in Washington, DC, and Stephen P. Rice, Ramapo College
of New Jersey. Volume 6: A Cultural History of the Human Body in
the Modern Age (1900-21st Century) Edited by Ivan Crozier,
University of Edinburgh, and Chiara Beccalossi, University of
Queensland. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters:
1. Birth and Death 2. Health and Disease 3. Sex & Sexuality 4.
Medical Knowledge and Technology 5. Popular Beliefs 6. Beauty and
Concepts of the Ideal 7. Marked Bodies I: Gender, Race, Class, Age,
Disability and Disease 8. Marked Bodies II: the Bestial, the Divine
and the Natural 9. Cultural Representations of the Body 10. The
Self and Society This means readers can either have a broad
overview of a period by reading a volume or follow a theme through
history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Superbly
illustrated, the full six volume set combines to present the most
authoritative and comprehensive survey available on the human body
through history.
Sickness and health, birth and death, disease and cure: medicine
and our understanding of the workings of our bodies and minds are
an inextricable part of how we know who we are. In this inspiring
compendium, distinguished experts from around the world explain
medicine s turning points and conceptual changes, and answer a
series of key questions: How did the Plague influence the course of
human history? What should complementary medicine s role be? How
did an audacious self-experiment lead to a cure for stomach ulcers
and a Nobel Prize? The book is magnificently illustrated with a
unique array of pictures, from beautiful Renaissance anatomical
drawings to the very latest computer- generated images of viruses
and photographs that reveal the hidden world within our bodies.
Topics include humors & pneumas, Islamic medicine, pathological
anatomy, neuron theory, bedlam & beyond, parasites &
vectors, hormones, the genetic revolution, defibrillators, the
endoscope, medical robots, typhus, tuberculosis, smallpox, HIV, and
more.
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