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NANOCOSMOS HC
(W) MICHAEL BENSON (A) MICHAEL BENSON (C) MICHAEL BENSON
ABRAMS
StockID: 159961 SKU: 0825AB0511
A breathtaking tour of the natural world is offered in Nanocosmos- an examination of majestic topographies revealed by powerful scanning electron microscope (SEM) technologies. The humbling beauty and cosmic immensity of our surrounding universe of planets- stars- and galaxies has inspired humanity since prehistoric times. But what about the vistas at the other end of the size-scale?The tiny worlds here- invisible to our unassisted eyes- are if anything more intricate- complex- and extraordinary than anything so far seen in deep space. Lauded artist and author Michael Benson’s sensational Nanocosmos corrects this oversight with an unprecedented examination of natural design at sub-millimeter scales. Nothing like Nanocosmos has ever been seen before. Benson has produced an exhilarating- aesthetically magnificent examination of complex microscopic worlds.Constructed from SEM scans that he made over the course of six years at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Quebec- the images presented here reveal an eerie- awe-inspiring beauty in subjects taken from the natural world. These include radiolarians- dinoflagellates- and diatoms- as well as many varieties of insects- microscopic flowers- and even lunar samples from the Apollo program.The composite mosaic micrographs in Nanocosmos fuse art and science in revelatory ways- exposing an astonishing sublimity hidden to the naked eye.
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NANOCOSMOS HC
(W) MICHAEL BENSON (A) MICHAEL BENSON (C) MICHAEL BENSON
ABRAMS
StockID: 159961 SKU: 0825AB0511
A breathtaking tour of the natural world is offered in Nanocosmos- an examination of majestic topographies revealed by powerful scanning electron microscope (SEM) technologies. The humbling beauty and cosmic immensity of our surrounding universe of planets- stars- and galaxies has inspired humanity since prehistoric times. But what about the vistas at the other end of the size-scale?The tiny worlds here- invisible to our unassisted eyes- are if anything more intricate- complex- and extraordinary than anything so far seen in deep space. Lauded artist and author Michael Benson’s sensational Nanocosmos corrects this oversight with an unprecedented examination of natural design at sub-millimeter scales. Nothing like Nanocosmos has ever been seen before. Benson has produced an exhilarating- aesthetically magnificent examination of complex microscopic worlds.Constructed from SEM scans that he made over the course of six years at the Canadian Museum of Nature in Quebec- the images presented here reveal an eerie- awe-inspiring beauty in subjects taken from the natural world. These include radiolarians- dinoflagellates- and diatoms- as well as many varieties of insects- microscopic flowers- and even lunar samples from the Apollo program.The composite mosaic micrographs in Nanocosmos fuse art and science in revelatory ways- exposing an astonishing sublimity hidden to the naked eye.
