Ichthyo: The Architecture of Fish: X-Rays from the Smithsonian Institution

by Deborah Klochko, Lynne R. Parenti, Jean-Michel Cousteau

Originally created to preserve a record of scientific samples, the black and white X-rays of fish at the Smithsonian Institution have emerged as astonishing works of art in their own right. This stunning compendium of imagescomparable to fine and delicate engravingsis drawn from the National Museum of Natural History, which holds the world's largest collection of ichthyological specimens (and which, upon the reopening of its Ocean Hall in Summer of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811861929
• ISBN13: 9780811861922
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.7" x 8.2"