Felice Frankel

Envisioning Science

Science and engineering research must be communicated within the research community and to the general public, and a crucial element of that communication is visual.

In Envisioning Science, Felice provides a guide to creating dynamic and compelling photographs for journal submissions and scientific presentations to funding agencies, investors, and the general public. The book is organized from the large to small—from photographing laboratory equipment to capturing new material and biological structures at the microscopic level.

Reviews

Most people think of science as abstract and numerical. In fact, science is a surprisingly visual endeavor: both data and theory are often driven by pictures and images. Felice Frankel’s work conveys the tremendous beauty and excitement of science–letting the layperson share in the wonder of studying the natural world.Eric S. Lander, founding director, The Broad Institute

… a stunning array that will communicate with any reader. Open the book at random, and your eye will be dazzled: a three-centimeter drop of ferrofluid, gold on gold (one-centimeter patterned chips on a gold wafer), or a flowerlike yeast colony illuminated by daylight from a window.Scientific American

Felice Frankel has produced a remarkable book about marrying pictorial art with science and engineering. The figures are a delight to the eye and stimulation to the brain. What’s more, she explains how you can create your own.Phillip Sharp, Nobel laureate in medicine (1993)

… a beautifully designed array of arresting images.Nature

There’s no way to describe this book other than as a true teacher’s gift—a master photographer of the art of science teaches her craft, with patience, graphic detail, and feeling to all of us who need to visualize and represent this world.Roald Hoffmann, Nobel laureate in chemistry (1981)