Format:
390 S
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zahlr. Ill
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317 mm x 250 mm
ISBN:
9783836548403
Content:
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
Note:
Text dt., engl. und franz
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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 -- Apergus 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 feerique 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 -- Appendix -- Biography -- Biografie -- Biographie -- Œuvre -- Image index -- Authors -- Acknowledgments.
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Texte dt., engl., franz.
Language:
German
Subjects:
General works
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Medicine
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Art History
Keywords:
Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968
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Gebrauchsgrafik
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Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968
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Illustration
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Bildband
Author information:
Kahn, Fritz 1888-1968
Author information:
Heller, Steven 1950-
