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Article: MEET THE INNER YOU 45 miles of nerves, 29lb of bones, lungs the size of a tennis court . . . what these extraordinary images tell us about the human body.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- May 30, 2006
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Byline: JEROME BURNE
THE inside of the human body is starting to lose its mystique.
Thanks to controversial shows such as Bodyworlds, which featured Gunther von Hagens's dissected, flayed corpses, the public is slowly becoming accustomed to the extraordinary complexity that lies under our skins.
These pictures form the latest attempt to put what was once the preserve of the doctor and the surgeon into the public domain.
The images you see here are not photographs, but ' scientific visualisations', says their creator, Alexander Tsiaras.
Describing himself as a 'journalist, scientist, technician and photographer', his intention ...