The Where, the Why, and the How: 75 Artists Illustrate Wondrous Mysteries of Science
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (684 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1452108226 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-02-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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The artists created whimsical illustrations, and the scientists responded with thoughtful essays." - Smithsonian. "The Where, The Why, and The How is the authors' attempt to revel in those "mysteries that can't be entirely explained in a few mouse clicks." Volvovski and her coauthors selected 75 not quite answerable questions--from "Where did life come from?" to "Why do cats purr?" to "How does gravity work?"--and let artists and scientists loose on them
A science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose 75 of today's hottest artists onto life's vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going. The result is a celebration of the wonder that inspires every new discovery. Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural world are explained in essays by real working scientists, which are then illustrated by artists given free rein to be as literal or as imaginative as they like. Featuring work by such contem
Amazon Customer said Really nice. A lot of fun, terrific illustrations. Nice hardbound book that I hope will be in our family for a long time. If you'd like to see some more examples of the illustrations (all of which are full-page, color), I recommend checking out the review at the blog "Book by it's Cover".. J. Broderick said Highly recommended!. If you love science and you love art, you will find this book as irresistible as we do. The authors invited seventy-five artists to make illustrations based on questions posed to fifty scientists. Each two-page spread features the scientist’s question and answer on one side and an artist’s interpretation on the other.The questions are ones most of us all wonder ab. KmVictorian said Sometimes more questions than answers. “The Why, the Where, and the How” is interesting, if you can understand it. I found this book portraying “the wondrous mysteries of science” was frequently beyond my ability to comprehend. Subjects like “What is antimatter?” and “What happens to time as you approach the speed of light?” carry a language of their own and almost r