Felice C. Frankel is a research scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the department of Chemical Engineering with additional support from Mechanical Engineering. She joined MIT in 1994. She is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. She was previously a senior research fellow in Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences in the Initiative for Innovative Computing and a visiting scholar at Harvard Medical School’s Department of Systems Biology. She’s the author of six books of science photography, including Picturing Science and Engineering. She has been covered in Nature, Science, Physics Today, National Geographic, and other science media. This is her first book for young readers. She lives Massachusetts.
An interactive children’s debut. . . .The result is a thought-provoking primer on the importance of engaging in careful observation to understand the world. —Publishers Weekly This visually stimulating book dives deep into beautiful, rarely seen patterns of the natural and human-made worlds and the science behind them. Exquisitely highlights the often-ignored beauty surrounding us, igniting scientific curiosity. —Kirkus Reviews A beautiful book. . . .A great look at science in nature from an artistic perspective. —Booklist Beyond the science, this is also an engaging look at the artist and her art, as Frankel explains throughout the cameras she used, why she chose them, and how they work. Accessible and breezy, this would make a valuable resource in a cross-curriculum unit on art and science. —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books A beautiful book of photographs with accompanying explanations to educate and inspire. —School Library Journal These beautiful, enigmatic images were captured by scientist and photographer Felice Frankel in her everyday life. It’s like a guessing game. . . . —New Scientist