Presented by Smelik (visual culture, Radboud U. of Nijmegen, the Netherlands), 11 essays explore ways in which visual culture represents and remediates science, using interdisciplinary
methodologies from the fields of media studies, cultural studies, and science and technology studies. Historically-oriented essays include a comparison historical moments of visualization of
the human body's interior, an overview of how science and scientists have been portrayed in popular cinema, and an exploration of the Italian Futurists' aesthetic of the machine. Next comes a
philosophical review of ideas of the "posthuman," followed by explorations of cultural images of the cyborg, video art and the postmodern understanding of perception, genetic decoding as a form
of self-portraiture, and reflections on contemporary bio-art projects. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
