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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457466803321

Titolo

The educated eye [[electronic resource] ] : visual culture and pedagogy in the life sciences / / Nancy Anderson and Michael R. Dietrich, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, N.H., : Dartmouth College Press, 2012

ISBN

1-283-32090-8

9786613320902

1-61168-212-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 p.)

Collana

Interfaces: Studies in Visual Culture

Altri autori (Persone)

AndersonNancy (Nancy A.)

DietrichMichael R

Disciplina

570.76

Soggetti

Life sciences - Study and teaching

Life sciences - Technique

Visual communication

Communication and culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Trained Judgment, Intervention, and the Biological Gaze; 2 Facing Animals in the Laboratory; 3 Photography and Medical Observation; 4 Cinematography without Film; 5 Cinema as Universal Language of Health Education; 6 Screening Science; 7 Optical Constancy, Discontinuity, and Nondiscontinuity in the Eameses' ""Rough Sketch""; 8 Educating the High-Speed Eye; 9 On Fate and Specification; 10 Form and Function; 11 Neuroimages, Pedagogy, and Society; 12 The Anatomy of a Surgical Simulation; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A study of visual culture in the teaching of the life sciences