Showing posts with label Marie and Pierre Curie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Marie and Pierre Curie. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Weekly Quick Collage: Passage of Time + Radioactive




Passage of Time





My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
~ Steve Jobs




Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
~ Marie Curie



I wanted to take this opportunity to share a wonderful book with you.  Lauren Redniss has written and illustrated a book about the lives of Marie  and Pierre Curie, called  RadioactiveThe book is beautifully illustrated throughout. Many of the illustrations are cyanotypes ; this photographic printmaking process produces moody, deep blue  images that I think are just mesmerizing, and Redniss's gorgeously sensitive line drawings are equally enthralling.            .

If you look on Amazon, you can see more of the book's illustrations. Check it out!



Here is Lauren Redniss's Ted Talk, where she speaks about developing the book: