Leonardo

Man as Hero by Pierce RiceLeonardo, Vol. 21, No. 3 (1988), pp. 334-335Published by: The MIT PressStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1578683 .

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appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

appeal to find meaning in a universe seemingly devoid of it. If there is meaning, then human beings may be impelled to find and understand it. If no meaning inheres in the cosmos, then it may be a human imperative to formulate meaning for ourselves. Art and science are means by which human meaning, at least provisionally, can be projected onto a meaningless world. It is meaning, whether inherent or devised, that often provides the impetus or momentum experienced by artists or scientists.

Alexander Eliot in Myths (McGraw- Hill, 1976) remarks that all human cosmologies, from ancient to modern, share a basic feature of the passage from darkness to light. It has even been proposed that in certain ways the description of the birth of the universe in some manner parallels the changes in perception by the fetus immediately prior to the moment of birth. Are the current cosmological theories then nothing more than projections of the human experience at its very primal condition?

The AP, at the very least, may be a myth-in the modern sense of myth, that is: "Myth ... is striving for a total world view, for an interpretation or meaning of all that is significant" (Myths, Dreams, and Religion, J. Campbell, ed., Dutton, 1970, p. 51).

Although Wheeler admits that the evidence and arguments for the validity of the AP are not entirely conclusive, he stresses that the idea of the AP is illustrative of how "theory, concepts, and methods of measurement are born into the world, by a single creative act, in inseparable union". In art, too, I would suggest, its variously identifiable con- stituents are all integrated into a single creative impulse.

Although neither an artist or a cosmologist, I have endeavored to suggest here the possible relationships that might interest artists and other readers of Leonardo in a book that promises to become a definitive and indispensable reference.

Short Reviews LE COURRIER DU CNRS: SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC IMAGING Veronique Brossollet-Conde, ed. Le Courrier du CNRS, 17 Rue George Bouzerait, 92120 Montrouge, France, 1987. Paper, 40 FF. ISBN: 2-222-04092.

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

This special issue of the publication of the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique addresses scientific imaging in a broad context. Topics covered include computer graphics, image pro-

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade,

cessing, scientific visualization, remote sensing, computer modeling and ani- mation. Different techniques for con- verting data into a visual form that is sensed in other parts of the electro- magnetic spectrum or in other sensory modes are discussed, with striking examples from researchers in astronomy, artificial intelligence, holography, robotics, music, olfactory nerves and medicine. This special issue is an invaluable over-view to the topic of scientific imaging and visualization.

MINDWAVES Colin Blakemore and Susan Greenfield, eds. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 536 pp., illus. Trade, ?19.50. ISBN: 0-631-14622-9.

Are mind and brain the same or different entities? We think we know what we mean when we talk of 'mind', or when we consign 'brain' to a physio-chemical sphere. Sub-titled Thoughts on Intel- ligence, Identity and Consciousness, Mindwaves presents our current knowledge of brains and minds, animal and human, living and artificial. Leaders in the field of psychology, brain research, psychiatry, physics, computer science, linguistics and philosophy have contributed 30 original articles to argue lucidly and persuasively, from their varied points of view, about what it is that enables us to perceive and to know.

BETWEEN by Victor Burgin. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1986. 190 pp., illus. Paper, ?10.95. ISBN: 0-631-15235-0.

Victor Burgin is a skilled communicator in both word and photograph. In challenging the many assumptions under- lying contemporary ideas about repre- sentation, he has woven a dexterous tapestry using strands from many fields: feminism, semiotics, psychoanalysis. The radical influence of Burgin's ideas and photography can be seen in many of the visual arts. In Between the adroit juxtaposition of image and commentary lends emphasis to its dual purpose: to collect Burgin's work of the past 15 years and to present a personal account of it.

THE DIVIDED CIRCLE by J.A. Bennett. Phaidon-Christie's, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 224 pp., illus. Trade, ?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

?45.00. ISBN: 0-7148-8038-8.

This "History of Instruments for Astro- nomy, Navigation and Surveying" presents the synthesis of art, technology and science that went into the design and

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is

creation of these beautiful but precisely useful objects. Bennett describes the economic, scientific and historical condi- tions which stimulated their production. His text, documenting the first systematic study of an important class of scientific instruments, is supported with many fine illustrations including 16 in colour. There are also a glossary of technical terms, a full bibliography and an index of leading makers.

THE NEW MUSIC by Reginald Smith Brindle. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 232 pp. Trade, ?22.50; paper, ?8.95. ISBN: 0-19-315468-4.

In the closing chapter the author states, " ... the avant-garde period has revealed a vitality in music which, by comparison, makes the other arts seem in decline". Whatever one's view, there is much to instruct, interest and entertain in this guide to the more adventurous evolutions of music since 1945. It is almost impossible to accept the rich diversity of style, movements, ideas and the ferment of creation that has taken place in so short a time period, but Reginald Smith Brindle is a skilful and convincing mentor.

THE CREATION OF LIFE by Andrew Scott. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, U.K., 1987. 220 pp., illus. Trade, ?14.95. ISBN: 0-631-14883-3.

The mystery of the origins of life presents us with the greatest and deepest of science's problems: How did we come to be here? Is there life elsewhere in the universe? Can we create life? Andrew Scott leads us through the many paths science has taken in attempting to answer these fundamental questions. And what a fascinating journey it is: from the theory of the 'big bang', through the intricacies of the chemicals of life and the continuing search for extraterrestrial life-forms, right up to the vistas ahead showing humanity as the new creator, transforming, utterly, life on earth.

MAN AS HERO by Pierce Rice. W.W. Norton & Co., London, U.K., 1987.160 pp., illus. Trade, ?16.00, $26.00; paper, ?9.95, $15.00. ISBN: 0-393-02459-8.

The central thesis of this slim volume is that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

that the study of the human being is the great theme in Western art. The author presents his ideas through the study of several subject types: the body ethe- realised, the human celebration of victory, the sage, the virgin as mother, the virgin

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triumphant, the sitter as hero, and the anonymous hero. The succinct text is complemented by well-chosen (although not well-produced) illustrations, not all from what are generally considered 'great' works of art, but all with pedagogic purpose. This is an enjoyable treatise.

OPERA, IDEOLOGY AND FILM by Jeremy Tambling. Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., 1987. 232 pp., illus. Trade, ?25.00. ISBN: 0-7190-2238-X.

Relatively few operas have been filmed, either in the opera house or 'out there' on location, but the two media continue to influence and affect each other. The author examines first the impact of opera on film-using the many versions and reworkings of Carmen (with and without the music of Bizet) as illustration-and then, reflecting the new cinematic medium's increasing confidence and ability, the reciprocal impact is detailed in a number of case studies of filmed opera, including Bergman's The Magic Flute, Ziffirelli's La Traviata, Syberberg's Parsifal. Tambling's book is a valuable contribution to the mythology of 'high culture'.

triumphant, the sitter as hero, and the anonymous hero. The succinct text is complemented by well-chosen (although not well-produced) illustrations, not all from what are generally considered 'great' works of art, but all with pedagogic purpose. This is an enjoyable treatise.

OPERA, IDEOLOGY AND FILM by Jeremy Tambling. Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., 1987. 232 pp., illus. Trade, ?25.00. ISBN: 0-7190-2238-X.

Relatively few operas have been filmed, either in the opera house or 'out there' on location, but the two media continue to influence and affect each other. The author examines first the impact of opera on film-using the many versions and reworkings of Carmen (with and without the music of Bizet) as illustration-and then, reflecting the new cinematic medium's increasing confidence and ability, the reciprocal impact is detailed in a number of case studies of filmed opera, including Bergman's The Magic Flute, Ziffirelli's La Traviata, Syberberg's Parsifal. Tambling's book is a valuable contribution to the mythology of 'high culture'.

triumphant, the sitter as hero, and the anonymous hero. The succinct text is complemented by well-chosen (although not well-produced) illustrations, not all from what are generally considered 'great' works of art, but all with pedagogic purpose. This is an enjoyable treatise.

OPERA, IDEOLOGY AND FILM by Jeremy Tambling. Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., 1987. 232 pp., illus. Trade, ?25.00. ISBN: 0-7190-2238-X.

Relatively few operas have been filmed, either in the opera house or 'out there' on location, but the two media continue to influence and affect each other. The author examines first the impact of opera on film-using the many versions and reworkings of Carmen (with and without the music of Bizet) as illustration-and then, reflecting the new cinematic medium's increasing confidence and ability, the reciprocal impact is detailed in a number of case studies of filmed opera, including Bergman's The Magic Flute, Ziffirelli's La Traviata, Syberberg's Parsifal. Tambling's book is a valuable contribution to the mythology of 'high culture'.

triumphant, the sitter as hero, and the anonymous hero. The succinct text is complemented by well-chosen (although not well-produced) illustrations, not all from what are generally considered 'great' works of art, but all with pedagogic purpose. This is an enjoyable treatise.

OPERA, IDEOLOGY AND FILM by Jeremy Tambling. Manchester University Press, Manchester, U.K., 1987. 232 pp., illus. Trade, ?25.00. ISBN: 0-7190-2238-X.

Relatively few operas have been filmed, either in the opera house or 'out there' on location, but the two media continue to influence and affect each other. The author examines first the impact of opera on film-using the many versions and reworkings of Carmen (with and without the music of Bizet) as illustration-and then, reflecting the new cinematic medium's increasing confidence and ability, the reciprocal impact is detailed in a number of case studies of filmed opera, including Bergman's The Magic Flute, Ziffirelli's La Traviata, Syberberg's Parsifal. Tambling's book is a valuable contribution to the mythology of 'high culture'.

ADOLPHE APPIA THEATRE ARTIST by Richard C. Beacham. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1987. 204 pp., illus. Trade, ?27.50, $44.50. ISBN: 0-521-23768-8.

Appia (1862-1928) was a Swiss theatre designer and theorist. Although he was well known as an important innovator in the use of stage lighting, much of his work and ideas remains unpublished and unexplored. Many of his concepts on scenic design and the use of theatrical space, which were ahead of their time, are now widely practised but without Appia receiving due credit. This critical evalu- ation of his work will do much to redress the imbalance and should serve to introduce Appia's advanced ideas to an

appreciative new audience.

Visualization in Scientific Computing, B. H. McCormick et al., eds. Special Issue of Computer Graphics 21, No. 6 (November 1987).

Visualization in scientific computing (ViSC) is emerging as a major computer- based field. As a tool for applying computers to science it offers a way to see the unseen. The most familiar of these new methods of seeing include false color

ADOLPHE APPIA THEATRE ARTIST by Richard C. Beacham. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1987. 204 pp., illus. Trade, ?27.50, $44.50. ISBN: 0-521-23768-8.

Appia (1862-1928) was a Swiss theatre designer and theorist. Although he was well known as an important innovator in the use of stage lighting, much of his work and ideas remains unpublished and unexplored. Many of his concepts on scenic design and the use of theatrical space, which were ahead of their time, are now widely practised but without Appia receiving due credit. This critical evalu- ation of his work will do much to redress the imbalance and should serve to introduce Appia's advanced ideas to an

appreciative new audience.

Visualization in Scientific Computing, B. H. McCormick et al., eds. Special Issue of Computer Graphics 21, No. 6 (November 1987).

Visualization in scientific computing (ViSC) is emerging as a major computer- based field. As a tool for applying computers to science it offers a way to see the unseen. The most familiar of these new methods of seeing include false color

ADOLPHE APPIA THEATRE ARTIST by Richard C. Beacham. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1987. 204 pp., illus. Trade, ?27.50, $44.50. ISBN: 0-521-23768-8.

Appia (1862-1928) was a Swiss theatre designer and theorist. Although he was well known as an important innovator in the use of stage lighting, much of his work and ideas remains unpublished and unexplored. Many of his concepts on scenic design and the use of theatrical space, which were ahead of their time, are now widely practised but without Appia receiving due credit. This critical evalu- ation of his work will do much to redress the imbalance and should serve to introduce Appia's advanced ideas to an

appreciative new audience.

Visualization in Scientific Computing, B. H. McCormick et al., eds. Special Issue of Computer Graphics 21, No. 6 (November 1987).

Visualization in scientific computing (ViSC) is emerging as a major computer- based field. As a tool for applying computers to science it offers a way to see the unseen. The most familiar of these new methods of seeing include false color

ADOLPHE APPIA THEATRE ARTIST by Richard C. Beacham. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K., 1987. 204 pp., illus. Trade, ?27.50, $44.50. ISBN: 0-521-23768-8.

Appia (1862-1928) was a Swiss theatre designer and theorist. Although he was well known as an important innovator in the use of stage lighting, much of his work and ideas remains unpublished and unexplored. Many of his concepts on scenic design and the use of theatrical space, which were ahead of their time, are now widely practised but without Appia receiving due credit. This critical evalu- ation of his work will do much to redress the imbalance and should serve to introduce Appia's advanced ideas to an

appreciative new audience.

Visualization in Scientific Computing, B. H. McCormick et al., eds. Special Issue of Computer Graphics 21, No. 6 (November 1987).

Visualization in scientific computing (ViSC) is emerging as a major computer- based field. As a tool for applying computers to science it offers a way to see the unseen. The most familiar of these new methods of seeing include false color

imaging of remote sensing data from space and visual images of mathematical sets. Computer graphics, computer modelling and simulation and the new methods for displaying visual information have progressed. It has become clear to researchers in the field that a new synthesis needs to be made and that sophisticated new tools are emerging that go beyond the simple displaying of visual data. The authors of this report state that in many fields ViSC is changing the ways scientists work.

This special issue of Computer Graphics is the report of the Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing held February 1987 and sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The report defines the new field of ViSC, enumerates the many fields where similarities of approach are beginning to emerge and makes recommendations on support for this new field. It provides a fascinating document of the current state of the art and projections of future research. These are developments that artists should not ignore for they hold the promise of revolutionising the technology of visual images. The report is ac- companied by 2 hours of videotape published as two issues of SIGGRAPH Video Review. They can be obtained from ACM Order Dept., P.O. Box 64145, Baltimore, MD 21264, U.S.A.

imaging of remote sensing data from space and visual images of mathematical sets. Computer graphics, computer modelling and simulation and the new methods for displaying visual information have progressed. It has become clear to researchers in the field that a new synthesis needs to be made and that sophisticated new tools are emerging that go beyond the simple displaying of visual data. The authors of this report state that in many fields ViSC is changing the ways scientists work.

This special issue of Computer Graphics is the report of the Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing held February 1987 and sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The report defines the new field of ViSC, enumerates the many fields where similarities of approach are beginning to emerge and makes recommendations on support for this new field. It provides a fascinating document of the current state of the art and projections of future research. These are developments that artists should not ignore for they hold the promise of revolutionising the technology of visual images. The report is ac- companied by 2 hours of videotape published as two issues of SIGGRAPH Video Review. They can be obtained from ACM Order Dept., P.O. Box 64145, Baltimore, MD 21264, U.S.A.

imaging of remote sensing data from space and visual images of mathematical sets. Computer graphics, computer modelling and simulation and the new methods for displaying visual information have progressed. It has become clear to researchers in the field that a new synthesis needs to be made and that sophisticated new tools are emerging that go beyond the simple displaying of visual data. The authors of this report state that in many fields ViSC is changing the ways scientists work.

This special issue of Computer Graphics is the report of the Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing held February 1987 and sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The report defines the new field of ViSC, enumerates the many fields where similarities of approach are beginning to emerge and makes recommendations on support for this new field. It provides a fascinating document of the current state of the art and projections of future research. These are developments that artists should not ignore for they hold the promise of revolutionising the technology of visual images. The report is ac- companied by 2 hours of videotape published as two issues of SIGGRAPH Video Review. They can be obtained from ACM Order Dept., P.O. Box 64145, Baltimore, MD 21264, U.S.A.

imaging of remote sensing data from space and visual images of mathematical sets. Computer graphics, computer modelling and simulation and the new methods for displaying visual information have progressed. It has become clear to researchers in the field that a new synthesis needs to be made and that sophisticated new tools are emerging that go beyond the simple displaying of visual data. The authors of this report state that in many fields ViSC is changing the ways scientists work.

This special issue of Computer Graphics is the report of the Workshop on Visualization in Scientific Computing held February 1987 and sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation. The report defines the new field of ViSC, enumerates the many fields where similarities of approach are beginning to emerge and makes recommendations on support for this new field. It provides a fascinating document of the current state of the art and projections of future research. These are developments that artists should not ignore for they hold the promise of revolutionising the technology of visual images. The report is ac- companied by 2 hours of videotape published as two issues of SIGGRAPH Video Review. They can be obtained from ACM Order Dept., P.O. Box 64145, Baltimore, MD 21264, U.S.A.

BOOKS RECEIVED

Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy ofArt. Anne Sheppard. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. Paper, ?4.95; trade, ?15.00. ISBN: 0-19-289164-2; ISBN: 0-19-219180-2.

Antique Jade. Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32155-9.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Vol. 24, No. 1-2. Curt W. Beck et al., eds. The Getty Conservation Institute, 4503-B Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, U.S.A. 498 pp. Paper, $30.00. ISSN: 0004-2994.

Art Kunst 15. International Bibliography of Art Books, 1986. W. Jaggi AG, Postfach 332, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. 206 pp. Paper. ISBN: 3-906430-15-4.

Art Nouveau. Renato Barilli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32156-7.

Blasted Allegories. An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists. Brian Wallis, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1988. 429 pp., illus. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 0-262-23128-X.

The Camera Lucida in Art and Science. Jill Austin and John H. Hammond. Adam Higler Publishing, c/o Taylor and Francis, 242 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1987. 201 pp., illus. Trade, $44.00. ISBN: 0-85274-527-3.

Chinese Bronzes. Mario Bussagli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32157-5.

BOOKS RECEIVED

Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy ofArt. Anne Sheppard. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. Paper, ?4.95; trade, ?15.00. ISBN: 0-19-289164-2; ISBN: 0-19-219180-2.

Antique Jade. Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32155-9.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Vol. 24, No. 1-2. Curt W. Beck et al., eds. The Getty Conservation Institute, 4503-B Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, U.S.A. 498 pp. Paper, $30.00. ISSN: 0004-2994.

Art Kunst 15. International Bibliography of Art Books, 1986. W. Jaggi AG, Postfach 332, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. 206 pp. Paper. ISBN: 3-906430-15-4.

Art Nouveau. Renato Barilli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32156-7.

Blasted Allegories. An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists. Brian Wallis, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1988. 429 pp., illus. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 0-262-23128-X.

The Camera Lucida in Art and Science. Jill Austin and John H. Hammond. Adam Higler Publishing, c/o Taylor and Francis, 242 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1987. 201 pp., illus. Trade, $44.00. ISBN: 0-85274-527-3.

Chinese Bronzes. Mario Bussagli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32157-5.

BOOKS RECEIVED

Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy ofArt. Anne Sheppard. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. Paper, ?4.95; trade, ?15.00. ISBN: 0-19-289164-2; ISBN: 0-19-219180-2.

Antique Jade. Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32155-9.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Vol. 24, No. 1-2. Curt W. Beck et al., eds. The Getty Conservation Institute, 4503-B Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, U.S.A. 498 pp. Paper, $30.00. ISSN: 0004-2994.

Art Kunst 15. International Bibliography of Art Books, 1986. W. Jaggi AG, Postfach 332, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. 206 pp. Paper. ISBN: 3-906430-15-4.

Art Nouveau. Renato Barilli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32156-7.

Blasted Allegories. An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists. Brian Wallis, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1988. 429 pp., illus. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 0-262-23128-X.

The Camera Lucida in Art and Science. Jill Austin and John H. Hammond. Adam Higler Publishing, c/o Taylor and Francis, 242 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1987. 201 pp., illus. Trade, $44.00. ISBN: 0-85274-527-3.

Chinese Bronzes. Mario Bussagli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32157-5.

BOOKS RECEIVED

Aesthetics: An Introduction to the Philosophy ofArt. Anne Sheppard. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K., 1987. Paper, ?4.95; trade, ?15.00. ISBN: 0-19-289164-2; ISBN: 0-19-219180-2.

Antique Jade. Oscar Luzzatto-Bilitz. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32155-9.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Vol. 24, No. 1-2. Curt W. Beck et al., eds. The Getty Conservation Institute, 4503-B Glencoe Avenue, Marina del Rey, CA 90292, U.S.A. 498 pp. Paper, $30.00. ISSN: 0004-2994.

Art Kunst 15. International Bibliography of Art Books, 1986. W. Jaggi AG, Postfach 332, CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland. 206 pp. Paper. ISBN: 3-906430-15-4.

Art Nouveau. Renato Barilli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32156-7.

Blasted Allegories. An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists. Brian Wallis, ed. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 1988. 429 pp., illus. Trade, $19.95. ISBN: 0-262-23128-X.

The Camera Lucida in Art and Science. Jill Austin and John H. Hammond. Adam Higler Publishing, c/o Taylor and Francis, 242 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., 1987. 201 pp., illus. Trade, $44.00. ISBN: 0-85274-527-3.

Chinese Bronzes. Mario Bussagli. Cassell, London, U.K., 1987. 160 pp., illus. Paper, ?4.95. ISBN: 0-304-32157-5.

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