Spanning the world of scientific phenomena from sub-atomic particles to the structure of the universe, a selection of two hundred scientific images draws on an array of modern scientific imaging instruments and techniques to explore the rich beauty and vast complexity of nature. 15,000 first printing.
Philip Morrison Book order (chronological)





Das Geheimnis unserer Wahrnehmung
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Sehen, Beobachtung, Kartographie, Empfindung.
PBS Television Series: The Ring of Truth
An Inquiry into How We Know What We Know
- 307 pages
- 11 hours of reading
For readers of elegant, accessible science comes The Ring of Truth a companion volume to a national PBS science series from the award-winning producer of Nova and Odyssey. 200 color and 100 black-and-white photographs.
Powers of Ten
A Book About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe and the Effect of Adding Another Zero
- 164 pages
- 6 hours of reading
Over 100,000 copies of this spectacular journey have already been sold. In forty-two consecutive scenes, each at a different 'power of ten' level of magnification, readers are taken from the dimension of one billion light years to the realm of the atom. The text and other illustrations depict what we can perceive at each progressively smaller level of magnitude. "A brilliant pictorial and textual embodiment of a wonderful idea." Stephen Jay Gould Videos of Powers of Ten are available from: RITELtd. Cross Tree, Walton Street, Walton in Gordano, Clevedon, Avon BS21 7AW Tel: 01275-340279 Fax: 01275-340327
Spiders' Games. A Book for Beginning Weavers
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
A simple introduction to weaving techniques urges creative expression on the part of the weaver and discusses thread, color, patterns, balanced plain weave, and weft-faced and warp-faced weaving