Fritz Kahn / Uta von Debschitz & Thilo von Debschitz ; foreword by Steven Heller.

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Debschitz, Uta von [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • German
  • French
Published/​Created
  • Köln : Taschen, [2013]
  • ©2013
Description
390 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 33 cm

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    Summary note
    Fritz Kahn was a German doctor, educator, popular science writer and information graphics pioneer whose brilliant work has all but fallen into oblivion. Natural science buffs, graphics professionals and anyone interested in the visual expression of ideas will be fascinated by this monograph featuring Kahn's greatest achievements. -- back cover.
    Notes
    • Slightly revised new edition.
    • First published by Springer, 2009, ISBN 9783211991817.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (page 381).
    Language note
    Parallel text in English, German, and French.
    Contents
    • Foreword : The factories of the human body = Die Fabriken des menschlichen Körpers = Les fabriques du corps humain
    • Introduction : Glimpses of Fritz Kahn's pictorial world = Einblicke in Fritz Kahns Bilderwelten = Aperçus des mondes d'images de Fritz Kahn
    • Illustrations : Journey into one's own body = Reise in den eigenen Körper = Voyage dans notre propre corps
    • The human body : Journey through the human body ; The chemistry of life ; The skeleton ; The musculature ; The circulatory system ; Respiration ; Man as industrial palace ; Digestion ; Nutrition ; Body temperature ; The nervous system ; The sensory organs ; Skin and hair ; Sexuality ; Medicine
    • Nature : Living things ; The earth ; The heavens ; The atom ; Nature and culture
    • Articles : Reports from modern life = Reportagen aus dem modernen Leben = Reportages sur la vie moderne ; Transcriptions : Einstein Sonata (Quasi una fantasia) = Einstein-Sonate (Quasi una fantasia) = Sonate Einstein (Quasi una fantasia) ; Fairy-tale journey on the bloodstream = Märchenreise auf dem Blutstrom = Voyage féerique sur le courant sanguin ; It's a miracle we live longer than two minutes = Es ist ein Wunder, dass wir länger als zwei Minuten leben = Que nous vivions plus de deux minutes est un pur miracle ; Originals : Excerpts from Fritz Kahn's publications.
    ISBN
    • 9783836548403 ((hd. bd.))
    • 3836548402 ((hd. bd.))
    LCCN
    2016387394
    OCLC
    863141330
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