Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Life’s Best Science Photos (12 Pics)

Life Magazine over the years has published thousands of science related pictures. 
A pair of cow fetuses at 90 days
Lifes Best Science Photos (12)
A long exposure photo of an S-51 Sikorsky helicopter taking off from the Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington, DC in 1949
Lifes Best Science Photos (11)
This 1938 photo is of children inside an “iron lung” device, a machine that is helping them to breath during the two weeks that the Polio virus affects their respiration.
Lifes Best Science Photos (10)
The March 10, 1961 issue featured a handful of microelectronics parts, enthusiastically predicting that household items like televisions were about to get a lot simpler without the tubes and and wires.
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A 1972 group meditation expirment by Jack Gariss. They placed 1/2 ping pong balls in the eyes to block out distractions  and achieve a state of “clear consciousness.” They are all hooked up to machines that measure their brain wave patterns.
Lifes Best Science Photos (8)
Charles Eames, an American architect and designer operates his solar powered “do nothing machine,” showing the fun side of an inventive mind.
Lifes Best Science Photos (7)
A 1968 photo of a man that has his hand coated in liquid crystals to demonstrate, with the green coloration, that smoking has directly decreased the blood circulation in his hand.
Lifes Best Science Photos (6)
A portrait Albert Einstein in 1947 by the famous photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt
Lifes Best Science Photos (5)
A 1963 photo of Edward Land the co-founder and president of the Polaroid Corporation showing his 60 second film that allowed photographers to see almost instantly what they had just shot
Lifes Best Science Photos (4)
A papier-mache model of the human skull and spinal cord, art or science?
Lifes Best Science Photos (3)
A photo of Allyn Hazard testing his moon suit in the lava crater in the Mojave Desert in April 1962. His suit was notable because it carried its own oxygen and food.
Lifes Best Science Photos (2)
A 1958 experiment designed to predict the disorientation astronauts would feel from space flight. The kittens were quite tired from walking upside down for a prolonged period of time.
Lifes Best Science Photos (1)


Source: life

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