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Innovation made waves in physics photography

By Felice Frankel

18 July 2012

See more: An illustrated version of this article will be published within the next two weeks on our CultureLab books and arts blog

Berenice Abbott Photography and Science: An Essential Unity at the MIT Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, until 31 December

I AM mesmerised by Berenice Abbott’s wave and interference images. Not only are they visually stunning and scientifically informative, they also hide a secret. These, like many of the black-and-white prints on display at the MIT Museum , and in the accompanying book,, were taken using innovative photography techniques and apparatus devised by Abbott…

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