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Reading Scientific Images: The Iconography of Evolution
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- Abstract:
In the Life Sciences, images are not mere illustrative supplements to written text,s but are indispensable for communicating complex ideas and concepts; and, if visual literacy doesn't develop naturall,y many will battle to grasp the full meaning of scientific images. 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: Amoebatoman, The Tree of Life, The Double Helix - a modern icon, Genome sequencing maps, Mutation; Section 3- Development of New Icon, sThe new Tree of Life; Section 4 - Literature Review; Section 5 - Glossary.
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- University of Cape Town