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Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page
A breathtaking visual history of humanity’s quest for knowledge from the dawn of print to the Space Age.
This five-volume boxed set, containing more than 600 lavish illustrations, is the first major publication focused on The Huntington’s extraordinary collections in science, medicine, and technology. Through word and image, the books provoke questions fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge across time and place.
Full-page spread from Worlds Unfolding. Illustration at left: Atlas photographique de la lune, 1896–1910, by Maurice Loewy and Pierre Henri Puiseux. Photo at right by Heather Rasmussen includes a stereograph titled Full Moon, ca. 1875, by Henry Draper; Lunar globe, 1969, by Denoyer-Geppert Company; Astronomicum caesareum, 1540, by Peter Apian.
About the Book
Humans are seekers, forever striving to make sense of the multiple worlds in which we live: the skies above, the depths below, earthbound environments, and the body itself. Worlds Unfolding explores these realms of curiosity through The Huntington Library’s collections in science, medicine, and technology spanning from the 10th century to today.
An essay by renowned science educator Bill Nye “the Science Guy” introduces the slipcase set. Readers are invited to choose any of the five volumes to begin their journey. There is no prescribed path to explore the stories unfolding across these pages.
“These volumes carry visual and verbal descriptions of humankind’s biggest ideas and an astounding number of the remarkable objects we’ve created. They are extraordinary.”
—Bill Nye, Introduction to Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page
