A new art book literally presents the beauty of the mind. The NYT reviewer comments that "scientists are routinely seduced by beauty." An appreciation for beauty extends far beyond the scientific community. Carl Schoonover, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at Columbia, has taken up the challenge of presenting the beauty and mystery of the brain as art. The work "includes short essays by prominent neuroscientists and long captions by Mr. Schoonover — but its words take second place to the gorgeous imagery, from the first delicate depictions of neurons sketched in prim Victorian black and white to the giant Technicolor splashes the same structures make across 21st-century LED screens." (from NYT; 12/2/10)
“Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain From Antiquity to the 21st Century" by Carl Schoonover.
Read more at The New York Times.
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