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Title
  • On the surface of things : images of the extraordinary in science / Felice Frankel, George M. Whitesides.
Author
Frankel, Felice
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Harvard University Press, 2007.

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Whitesides, G. M.
Description
160 p. : ill.; 25 x 26 cm.
Summary
Using innovative photographic technology, Felice Frankel finds startling abstract beauty on the surfaces of objects all around us. Chemist George M. Whitesides explains each photograph, describing why and how each of these phenomena occur.
Subject
  • Light
  • Optical images
  • Surfaces (Physics)
  • Surfaces (Physics) > Pictorial works
Genre/Form
Pictorial works.
Note
  • Originally published: San Francisco, Calif.: Chronicle, 1997.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The sizes of things -- Light -- Form -- Order -- Change -- Disorder -- Illusion.
ISBN
  • 9780674026889 (pbk.)
  • 0674026888 (pbk.)
OCLC
165408339
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library