The Anatomy Of Body Worlds

Author : T. Christine Jespersen,Alicita Rodríguez,Joseph Starr
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131641925

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The Anatomy of Body Worlds by T. Christine Jespersen,Alicita Rodríguez,Joseph Starr Pdf

Since its Tokyo debut in 1995, Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds exhibition has been visited by more than 25 million people at museums and science centers across North America, Europe, and Asia. Preserved through von Hagens' unique process of plastination, the bodies shown in the controversial exhibit are posed to mimic life and art, from a striking re-creation of Rodin's The Thinker, to a preserved horse and its human rider, a basketball player, and a reclining pregnant woman--complete with fetus in its eighth month. This interdisciplinary volume analyzes Body Worlds from a number of perspectives, describing the legal, ethical, sociological, and religious concerns which seem to accompany the exhibition as it travels the world.

Author : Gunther von Hagens,Angelina Whalley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Anatomy
ISBN : UOM:39015062882686

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Gunther Von Hagens' Body Worlds by Gunther von Hagens,Angelina Whalley Pdf

Catalog of Gunther von Hagen's exhibition of human bodies preserved by "plastination"and presented as "natural art" (p. 13). Work also includes a short history of anatomy and essays on ethical perspectives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Veterinary anatomy
ISBN : 3937256210

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Gunther Von Hagens' Body Worlds of Animals by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kevin Langford
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781440584275

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Anatomy 101 by Kevin Langford Pdf

An all-in-one guide to the human body! Anatomy 101 offers an exciting look into the inner workings of the human body. Too often, textbooks turn the fascinating systems, processes, and figures of anatomy into tedious discourse that even Leonardo Da Vinci would reject. This easy-to-read guide cuts out the boring details, and instead, provides you with a compelling lesson in anatomy. Covering every aspect of anatomical development and physiology, each chapter details the different parts of the human body, how systems are formed, and disorders that could disrupt bodily functions. You'll unravel the mysteries of anatomy with unique, accessible elements like: Detailed charts of each system in the body Illustrations of cross sections Unique profiles of the most influential figures in medical history From cell chemistry to the respiratory system, Anatomy 101 is packed with hundreds of entertaining facts that you can't get anywhere else!

Author : Elizabeth Hallam
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-15
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781780236049

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Anatomy Museum by Elizabeth Hallam Pdf

The wild success of the traveling Body Worlds exhibition is testimony to the powerful allure that human bodies can have when opened up for display in gallery spaces. But while anatomy museums have shown their visitors much about bodies, they themselves are something of an obscure phenomenon, with their incredible technological developments and complex uses of visual images and the flesh itself remaining largely under researched. This book investigates anatomy museums in Western settings, revealing how they have operated in the often passionate pursuit of knowledge that inspires both fascination and fear. Elizabeth Hallam explores these museums, past and present, showing how they display the human body—whether naked, stripped of skin, completely dissected, or rendered in the form of drawings, three-dimensional models, x-rays, or films. She identifies within anatomy museums a diverse array of related issues—from the representation of deceased bodies in art to the aesthetics of science, from body donation to techniques for preserving corpses and ritualized practices for disposing of the dead. Probing these matters through in-depth study, Anatomy Museum unearths a strange and compelling cultural history of the spaces human bodies are made to occupy when displayed after death.

Author : Erin Goss
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781611483949

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Revealing Bodies by Erin Goss Pdf

Revealing Bodies turns to the eighteenth century to ask a question with continuing relevance: what kinds of knowledge condition our understanding of our own bodies? Focusing on the tension between particularity and generality that inheres in intellectual discourse about the body, Revealing Bodies explores the disconnection between the body understood as a general form available to knowledge and the body experienced as particularly one's own. Erin Goss locates this division in contemporary bodily exhibits, such as Gunther von Hagens' Body Worlds, and in eighteenth-century anatomical discourse. Her readings of the corporeal aesthetics of Edmund Burke's Philosophical Enquiry, William Blake's cosmological depiction of the body's origin in such works as The First] Book of Urizen, and Mary Tighe's reflection on the relation between love and the soul in Psyche; or, The Legend of Love demonstrate that the idea of the body that grounds knowledge in an understanding of anatomy emerges not as fact but as fiction. Ultimately, Revealing Bodies describes how thinkers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and bodily exhibitions in the twentieth and twenty-first call upon allegorized figurations of the body to conceal the absence of any other available means to understand that which is uniquely our own: our existence as bodies in the world.

Author : John D. Lantos
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-07
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781421402710

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Controversial Bodies by John D. Lantos Pdf

Controversial, fascinating, disturbing, and often beautiful, plastinated human bodies -- such as those found at Body Worlds exhibitions throughout the world -- have gripped the public's imagination. These displays have been lauded as educational, sparked protests, and drawn millions of visitors. This book looks at the powerful sway these corpses hold over their living audiences everywhere. Plastination was invented in the 1970s by German anatomist Gunther von Hagens. The process transforms living tissues into moldable plastic that can then be hardened into a permanent shape. Von Hagens first exhibited his expertly dissected, artfully posed plastinated bodies in Japan in 1995. Since then, his shows have continuously attracted so many paying customers that they have inspired imitators, brought accusations of unethical or even illegal behavior, and ignited vigorous debates among scientists, educators, religious leaders, and law enforcement officials. These lively, thought-provoking, and sometimes personal essays reflect on such public displays from ethical, legal, cultural, religious, pedagogical, and aesthetic perspectives. They examine what lies behind the exhibitions' popularity and explore the ramifications of turning corpses into a spectacle of amusement. Contributions from bioethicists, historians, physicians, anatomists, theologians, and novelists dig deeply into issues that compel, upset, and unsettle us all.

Author : Margaret Matt,Joe Ziemian
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1982-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486241388

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Human Anatomy Coloring Book by Margaret Matt,Joe Ziemian Pdf

Including numerous views, cross-sections, and other diagrams, this entertaining instruction guide includes careful, scientifically accurate line renderings of the body's organs and major systems: skeletal, muscular, nervous, reproductive, and more. Each remarkably clear and detailed illustration is accompanied by concise, informative text and suggestions for coloring. 43 plates.

Author : Donald M. Silver,Patricia J. Wynne
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780486468211

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My First Human Body Book by Donald M. Silver,Patricia J. Wynne Pdf

Here's the most entertaining way for children to get a good look at the human body and learn how bodies work: 28 fun and instructive, ready-to-color illustrations. Coordinating text explores the muscular, skeletal, nervous, digestive, respiratory, and immune systems, and answers such questions as What is a hiccup? and Where is my DNA?

Author : Peter Abrahams,Peter H. Abrahams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Human anatomy
ISBN : 1782744355

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How the Body Works by Peter Abrahams,Peter H. Abrahams Pdf

Arranged according to the body's different structures and systems, How The Body Works is a highly detailed guide that will appeal to general readers and students alike.

Author : Richard Walker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1787410587

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The Human Body by Richard Walker Pdf

It's 1839 and you are a medical student w orking on your first human body dissection! Under the w atchful eye of Dr W alker, peel the flaps back to reveal the inner w orkings of the human body, from bone and muscle, to the brain, eyes, heart, lungs and everything in-betw een. Victorian-inspired illustrations meet w ith medical notes and sketches to give a complete in-depth exploration of how the human body w orks.

Author : Steve Parker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Anatomy
ISBN : 140531625X

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The Human Body Book by Steve Parker Pdf

Discover how the nervous system works, the intricate construction of skeleton and muscles, and how your body protects itself when you are under threat. Put yourself under the microscope using the interactive DVD-Rom. Zoom in on a body part and see the bodies processes in action from a nerve impluse to blood surging through an artery. Journey inside and examine what can go wrong with the human machine: explore the causes and symptoms for diseases and ailments.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018954932

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Flesh and Bones. [The narrative of a Christmas collector for the poor.] by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 0785826041

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The Human Body Atlas by Anonim Pdf

The beautiful full-color illustrations in this book are accompanied by informative text explaining the major body systems: circulatory, digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, autonomic nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal and urinary systems. It's a useful resource and valuable family reference, suitable for use by both adults and students. It's a must for every home library. Discover the intricacies and beauty of the human body in this complete, fully illustrated guide. Designed to help us understand the systems, organs, parts and processes that make our bodies function, The Human Body Atlas reveals the structures and mechanisms behind the human body. The user-friendly text, written by medical experts, demystifies the complexities of the human body. When you need to find out just how an organ works, the role it plays in the overall operation of the body, or what it really looks like?"you can find the answer in this book.

Author : Alice Roberts
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780241506592

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The Complete Human Body by Alice Roberts Pdf

Intricate details of all aspects of the human body down to the smallest detail - from our cells and DNA, to the largest bone in our bodies, the femur. 3D generated illustrations and medical imaging provide a close look at the body's forms and functions in physiology and anatomy, showing how the body works and its amazing systems and abilities. To understand our modern human bodies, this book first looks at our ancestors and how the evolution of Homo Sapiens shaped our anatomy. This gave us the ability to walk tall, create language, and make tools with our incredibly adapted apposable thumbs. Learn how we can see evolution in our DNA, and the functions of DNA. Read about the things you can only see with microscopes and other special imaging machines, like cell structure, motor pathways in the brain, and the inner iris. All these many parts work together to make the human body. The physiology of our body is written in clarifying detail. Learn about the organs and systems that operate within, such as the cardiovascular, digestive, and neural systems. See our elegant anatomy and read how the skeleton, muscles, and ligaments operate to allow movement. This second addition has included more detail on the joints in the hands and feet. The Complete Human Body takes you from infancy to old age showing how our body grows and changes, and what can go wrong. 2nd Edition: Enhanced and Updated This visual guide uses remarkable illustrations and diagrams to let you peek inside our complex and astounding bodies. It has been written in an easy-to-follow format, with straightforward explanations to give you the best overview of the many things that make us human. Suitable for young students who want an extra resource for school, people working in medical fields, or for anyone with a keen interest in human biology. Inside the body of the book: - The Integrated Body - Anatomy - How the Body Works - Life Cycles - Diseases and Disorders