SCIENCE ILLUSTRATION

A HISTORY OF VISUAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE 15TH CENTURY TO TODAY

If you’re interested in the evolution of science and the history of human understanding, this is a great read. Century by century,

Science Illustration takes its reader through images created to illustrate humankind’s understanding of the world and beyond: from the first scientific illustrations of medicinal plants in the 1440s to the designs of modern-day feats of engineering like the Large Hadron Collider and three-dimensional depictions of microscopic structures such as coronavirus.

There are more than 300 graphics within the book that have been created by over 700 scientists across the breadth of scientific disciplines, including human anatomy, physics, chemistry and botany. Each of the graphics are accompanied by a bite-sized introduction into the science they depict, as well as the significance of the illustrator’s contribution to their field. Science Illustration is an extra-large-sized book, making it a great coffee table addition to flick through and discover something new about the wonders of our world.

“There are more than 300 graphics within the book that have been created by over 700 scientists”