tailieunhanh - Reading Scientific Images

This richly illustrated publication about scientific visual literacy critically examines the images and icons of evolution as they appear in scientific and in popular contexts. It seeks to help teachers to understand the complexities of evolution through visual means and, in the process, to acquire the skills needed to read the visuals with accuracy and depth of interpretation. | Free download from Reading Scientific Images The Iconography of Evolution Richard Mason with Tony Morphet Sandra Prosalendis Funded by The Royal Netherlands Embassy HSRC PRESS Free download from Compiled by the Social Cohesion and Identity Research Programme of the Human Sciences Research Council in association with the Africa Genome Education Institute Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa WWW. hs repress. ac. za 2006 Human Sciences Research Council First published 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic mechanical or other means including photocopying and recording or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publishers. ISBN 0-7969-2134-2 Copy editing by Niccola Perez Designed and typeset by Richard Mason Cover design by Richard Mason Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver PO Box 30370 Tokai Cape Town 7966 South Africa Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 email orders@ Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS 3 Henrietta Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8LU United Kingdom Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 email orders@ Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Order Department 814 North Franklin Street Chicago IL 60610 USA Call toll-free 800 888 4741 All other enquiries 1 312 337 0747 Fax 1 312 337 5985 email frontdesk@ WWW. i pg book. co m Free download from Contents Introduction Section 1 Visual Literacy What is visual literacy and why should we study it How are scientific images created Types of scientific images Section 2 Evolutionary Iconography Amoeba-to-man The Tree of Life The Double Helix a modern icon Genome sequencing maps Mutation Section 3 .