A Child Is Born

Lennart Nilsson

  • 1 Edition
  • Hardcover, 213 pages
  • Published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd)
  • Publication date: October 1,1990
  • Dimensions (in inches): 9.70 x 6.94 x .86
  • ISBN: 0385302371

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Description

This entirely new full-color edition of the classic bestseller on the miracle of human reproduction contains historic new photographs of life before birth. Never before seen are color photographs of the explosion of the ripened egg, the "winning sperm," and the very first brain cells.


KidSource OnLine Book Review

A Child is Born has some of the most beautiful photographs of the fetus in utero. I've shared them with my young sons, who are fascinated with what it must have been like inside me.


From the Back Cover

This compltely new edition of the beloved international classic is now entirely in color, with historic photos, never seen before, in every chapter and an entirely new text.

"Quite literally illuminates the mystery of pregnancy without in any way diminishing its splendor." -The New York Times

"The Da Vinci of medical photography." -Chicago Tribune

"The union of scientific accuracy and artistry here reaches a pinnacle of achievement." -Pediatrics


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