I discovered this pretty neat blog via boingboing today (at least that's where I think I found it). This illustration seems to show something that is strangely like an fMRI machine... well with fire instead of magnets, bricks instead of plastic, and smoke instead of a computer analyzing brain images...ohh and instead of the brain images it gives direct insight into the semantic content of the brain.
Check out the BibliOdyssey blog for many many more great illustrations.
P.S. Click on the picture for a larger version.
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Great illustration. BibiOdyssey id's it as 'Doctor Panurgus', engraved by Martin Droeshout in the first half of the 17th century, after an engraving by Matthaus Greuter from 1600, after a 1596 emblem from the printshop of Theodore de Bry.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 30, 2007 7:21 PM
Is it just me or is the man on the left with the funnel in his mouth crapping out miniature animals, while the woman in the middle is swinging a squirrel on a leash and another man stands next to her looking rather pleased with himself for having gotten into a picture he has no business being in?
Does anyone have any idea what exactly is supposed to be going on here?
Posted by: metzgerm | July 30, 2007 10:19 PM
Does anyone have any idea what exactly is supposed to be going on here?
The British Museum seems to be pretty well clued in:
Much more here.Posted by: HP | July 31, 2007 9:41 AM