Body Worlds – The Anatomy of Animals by Gunther von Hagens and Angelina Whalley

BODY WORLDS of Animals is a completely new type of animal world, created by scientist and Plastinator Gunther by Hagens and curator Angelina Whalley, that gets under your skin. Never before have lay people been able to gain such deep insights into the design of our animal relatives, which amaze even vets! Through the aesthetic presentation of real, anatomically prepared animal bodies, the exhibition’s turns death into the source of illustrative knowledge about life and raises awareness in the observer s mind about the protection of species.

The 139 pages of this catalog show the extraordinary: anatomical specimens, prepared and preserved with a new technology developed by Gunther von Hagens. In addition to the medical and anatomical information about different animal bodies, including a bear, an elephant, and a yak, the catalog contains interesting articles on the topics of bones, muscles, the nervous system, and organs.

Published by Arts & Sciences 2012

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