Nilsson, Lennart: A CHILD IS BORN.

Author: Nilsson, Lennart
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Language: English
Year Published: 2010
No. of pages: 220
Illustrations: 74 Color Illustrations. 15 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound w/ Jacket
Size: 9”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9780224089944
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6669

Price: $29.50

Lennart Nilsson's unique photographic story -- a universal introduction to the miracle of life. In 1965 Lennart Nilsson published images from inside the human uterus, the first photographs of prenatal life. The book that was to follow, A Child is Born, stunned the world -- offering an unprecedented glimpse at the unseen world within our bodies, and our own beginnings. Using high-definition ultrasound technique, scanning electron and light microscopes, and advanced fibre optics Lennart Nilsson documents the miracle of human reproduction: the egg travelling down the fallopian tube; the sperm racing to meet it; the moment of fertilization; the very first cell division; the tiny embryo attaching to the uterine wall; the growth of eyes, ears, fingers and toes; and finally the moment of delivery itself -- providing an astonishing glimpse of the first moments of life. In this, the fully revised fifth edition, A Child is Born is redefined for a new age. With a completely new accompanying text, the images are rendered in astonishing detail utilising revolutionary new photographic technology, with the photographs themselves the dominant driving force of the narrative.