A Grain of Sand

by Greenberg, Gary

• ISBN13: 9780760331989
• ISBN10: 0760331987
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-15
• Publisher: Voyageur Pr

Summary

To some, all sand looks alike - countless grains is a vast expanse of beach. But, if you look much closer, the view will never be the same! Employing the amazing microphotography techniques he developed, Greenberg invites readers to discover the strange and wonderful world that each grain of sand contains: once magnified a hundred times it become a landscape of its own. From around the world, the subtle differences in textures, colors, sizes, shapes, composition. As the world unfolds, so does an intriguing explanation of how each grain of sand begins, forms, and finds itself in a particular place, one of a million, yet also one of a kind. Not just a book for beachcombers and holiday-makers, this will appeal as much for it's art as for it's science - a beautiful coffee-table book as well as a fact-filled find for naturists.

Author Biography

Dr. Gary Greenberg is a visual artist who creatively combines art with science. The cofounder of Edge Scientific Instrument Corporation, he has a Ph.D. in biomedical research from University College London and holds 17 patents for high-definition three-dimensional light microscopes. He has worked as a photographer, a filmmaker, a biomedical researcher, an academic, an inventor, and an entrepreneur. Since 2001, Dr. Greenberg has been using his special microscopes to create dramatic landscapes of ubiquitous objects like grains of sand, flowers, and food. These everyday objects take on a new reality when magnified hundreds of times. Dr. Greenberg lives in Paia, Hawaii.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Introduction

A Signature Written in Sand

Erasing the Line Between Science and Art

The Nature of Sand

Colors in Sand

Shapes of Sand Grains

Patterns in Sand Grains

Afterword

Index

About the Author/Photographer

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