In this intimate look at the people behind the many of the great discoveries of our time, photographer Mariana Cook turns her camera on some of the greatest men... » 

In this intimate look at the people behind the many of the great discoveries of our time, photographer Mariana Cook turns her camera on some of the greatest men and women of the scientific community. The 77 extraordinary portraits included in Faces of Science make their subjects accessible to us. Each image is paired with a short autobiographical essay explaining how the scientist became interested in his or her chosen field. This treasury of word and image illuminates the individual character of each scientist and reveals of what they have in common: intellectual curiosity. «