Science Source December 28, 2009 DVD

This axial (cross sectional) CT of the abdomen demonstrates the typical appearance of a benign cyst arising from the posterior cortex of the right (on...

This color enhanced axial (cross sectional) CT of the abdomen demonstrates the typical appearance of a benign cyst arising from the posterior cortex o...

The Guggenheim family tree. Descendants of a Swiss Jew named Meyer Guggenheim, the Guggenheims made a fortune in the mining and smelting industries. T...

This drawing by Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's wife and collaborator, Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze (1758-1836), shows an experiment in human respiration....

The main workroom in Justus von Liebig's laboratory in Giessen, Germany, 1842. Liebig (1803-1873) was a German chemist and professor who devised the m...

A contemporary portrait of Marcello Malpighi (1628-94), Italian biologist and inventor of the microscope. Following the theories of Galileo, Malpighi...

Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) founded the scientific study of dinosaurs with his attempt to reconstruct the structure and life of the Iguanodon....

Mary Ann Mantell, who with her husband Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852), discovered specimens of Iguanodon teeth in 1822. Gideon Mantell founded th...

Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), Danish astronomer. After becoming interested in astronomy as a student in Copenhagen, Tycho Brahe realized the difficulty of...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of Man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

This illustration pays homage to the famous drawing "Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo Da Vinci. In the drawing, Da Vinci portrays the proportions of man, or...

Illustration of the female body; major organs are shown.

Illustration of the female body; major organs are shown.

Illustration of the male body; major organs shown.

Artist's depiction of a targeted radiation beam destroying a malignant tumor.

A stylized depiction of the destruction/alteration of the genetic code by a malignant tumor.

A stylized depiction of the destruction/alteration of the genetic code by a malignant tumor; also shown are some of the organs that are most affected...

This illustration depicts a male figure and molecular DNA. The cascade of foreground molecules at the top represents the molecular structure of the fo...

This illustration depicts molecular DNA. The cascade of foreground molecules at the top represents the molecular structure of the four nucleotides pre...

This illustration depicts molecular DNA. The cascade of foreground molecules at the top represents the molecular structure of the four nucleotides pre...

An ' stylized depiction of a retrovirus, consisting of a geomic nucleic acid, RNA or DNA (here RNA, in violet), and surrounded by capsid proteins (ora...

An illustration of the key component of the nervous system, the neuron. Neurons have a large number of extensions called dendrites; branches of the ne...

An illustration of the key component of the nervous system, the neuron; human brain in the background. Neurons have a large number of extensions calle...

Illustration depicting the human heart.

Illustration depicting a technique for treatment of vertebral compression fracture called balloon kyphoplasty. This minimally invasive treatment can r...

This is an illustration of a vertebral compression fracture.

Illustration depicting the human heart.

An illustration of the key component of the nervous system, the neuron; human brain in the background. Neurons have a large number of extensions calle...

An illustration of the key component of the nervous system, the neuron; human brain in the background. Neurons have a large number of extensions calle...

An athanor, which is an alchemist's digesting furnace, made of thick red-glazed stoneware. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry....

An alchemical treatise from 1622. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists searched for formulas t...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1674. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1674. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1674. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...

An illustration entitled "sublimatio" from an alchemical treatise from 1622. In alchemy, sublimation is the process whereby a substance is heated to a...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1622. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1674. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...

An illustration from an alchemical treatise from 1622. Alchemy was the pseudo-scientific predecessor of chemistry. Among other pursuits, alchemists se...