625 Images Trace Science History in 'Worlds Unfolding'

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625 Images Trace Science History in 'Worlds Unfolding'

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Five-volume set Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page (Princeton University Press) pulls 625-plus illustrations from The Huntington library archives in San Marino, California, covering the 10th century to now. Historical photographs include Dickenson V. Alley's 1899 double-exposure of Nikola Tesla and early motion studies by Eadweard Muybridge.

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