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Life |  | Authors: Lennart Nilsson, Hans Wigzell, Mark Holborn
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 83453
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 11.9 x 11.5 x 1.6
ISBN: 0810958422
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.9612
EAN: 9780810958425
ASIN: 0810958422
Publication Date: September 1, 2006
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Product Description
One of photographys watershed moments occurred in 1965, when the cover of Life magazine featured Lennart Nilssons photograph of a living human embryothe first time life at such an early stage had been captured on film. His classic bestseller A Child Is Born featured stunning photographs of life in the womb and earned him the sobriquet The da Vinci of medical photography (Chicago Tribune). Now, in this major work, Nilssons extraordinary images encompass a full human lifespan.
Using the worlds most exacting equipment, Nilsson reveals the interior form of the entire human body and its intricate workings as never seen before, in a book that is as stunning to behold as its contents. Featuring thoughtful essays by both a noted scientist and a renowned editor, LIFE shines a penetrating light on all of lifes fundamentals.
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All the other books start where this one ends.... September 29, 2009
L. Holm
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book for everyone.
It is a book of miracles; everyday miracles; about the biggest miracle of them all;
about the beginning of life.
We have all been there; seen it; experienced it; haven't we?
Do we remember?
Do we?
That is a question for the other books;
all the other books begin where this one ends...
In Lennart Nilsson's magnificient photograpies we are brought back,
back to the beginning of the beginning;
to the very beginning of life...
Can you not own this book?
L. Holm author
Wonderful pictures September 26, 2009
Brenda Fuqua (Del Mar, CA USA)
Wonderful pictures of babies growing within. I bought this for my pregnant daughter-in-law so that she and my son would know about where my grand child is developmentally as they go through this nine months.
EL MILAGRO DE LA VIDA February 28, 2009
C. Bellegarrigue (El Salvador)
El desarrollo de la vida mostrado a nosotros en todo su gran esplendor!!!; impresionantes fotografias a todo color, sorprendentes imagenes tanto del embrion como el feto en su pleno desarrolo, con gran calidad; desde la concepcion hasta el nacimiento, llevando al lector paso a paso por la increible jornada de la formacion del ser humano dentro del utero materno...ademas se incluyen perfectas imagenes de organos del cuerpo humano (corazon, intestinos, higado, globulos rojos, etc) y acercamientos microscopicos al mundo de los virus y las bacterias (incluso del VIH)...Un libro ideal para todo admirador del milagro de la vida!!!
 Incredible images February 25, 2009
Sanford Morrow (Washington, DC USA)
I love this book! However, if you're squeamish with anatomy and medicine, some of the images might get to you. My roommates don't like this book much for that reason.
Work of Art February 17, 2009
Lydia
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Each photograph in this book is a work of art. My 3 and 6-yr-old children look through it all the time, and my 6-yr-old probably knows more about reproduction and biology than most junior high kids because we have this book. Each page has a large photograph with a short and simple description at the bottom, which is what makes it more appealing to the kids. We have lengthy discussions sparked by a single page of this book.
The book not only has photographs of fetal development, but also hormones, chromosomes, conception, various organs and cells of the body, cancer cells, antibodies, etc. Amazing! We will be captivated by this book for years to come.
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