"It captured the essence of blushing for me," she says. Volvovski is partial to Gilbert Ford's illustration that goes with the question, "Why do we blush?" He drew these cartoony things sliding back and forth." "They didn't do research, they just did it as they imagined it would look like. "There were so many that we were thrilled about, especially the ones where the artists had a lot of fun and didn't look at the accurate science," Rothman says. Some illustrations are, like the front cover pictured above, akin to those of a beautified textbook, but the most are simply works of art literal, metaphorical, or satiric imagery to accompany the text.Some of the illustrations just jumped out at them, the authors say. “Seventy-five contemporary artists such as Jacob Magraw, Jen Corace, and Patrick Kyle were commissioned to create the book’s original artwork, leading to a huge variety of visual styles throughout. “The artists created whimsical illustrations, and the scientists responded with thoughtful essays.”. Pop-science buffs will find the subject matter intriguing, and those who admire graphic novels or comic art will find a plethora of eye candy.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review) Featuring work by such contemporary luminaries as Lisa Congdon, Jen Corace, Neil Farber, Susie Ghahremani, Jeremyville, and many more, this is a work of scientific and artistic exploration to pique the interest of both the intellectually and imaginatively curious.
The result is a celebration of the wonder that inspires every new discovery.
Inside these pages some of the biggest (and smallest) mysteries of the natural world are explained in essays by real working scientists, which are then illustrated by artists given free rein to be as literal or as imaginative as they like.
In this New York Times bestseller, “you’ll see star births described in pen and ink, antimatter realized in collage, and a hand-painted black hole” ( Discover Magazine).Ī science book like no other, The Where, the Why, and the How turns loose seventy-five of today’s hottest artists onto life’s vast questions, from how we got here to where we are going.
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