Discusses how new visual and optical technology has helped expand the world of the scientist in giving new tools to perform research experiments and stretch our knowledge of space.
Explores the forces for change that brought the human and natural sciences together and gave them shape, presenting examples to support the author's contention that science and art comprise a range of perennially familiar practices in two largely distinct, but occasionally overlapping spheres.
Profiles seven modern achievements in exploration technology, such as space telescopes, the Large Hadron Collider, and rovers, discussing their development and qualities, and examining their contributions to scientific or technological advances.
This book provides children with instructions and tips on how to build a variety of useful objects, including a compass in a jar, a homemade flashlight, and a treehouse telephone.
