Authors

Illustrations

Transitional Animations:

Dave Koster, based on animations from
• Down to Earth: Computer animation techniques allow researchers to fly over the state to assess local and regional distribution of suitable habitats, identify their ownership, and/or look for patterns in land use that might help them better manage the state's natural resources as we look toward the next century. Here you see that urban areas shown in white are few and far between in the Fingerlakes Region of central New York State. Animation: Chris Pelkie, CTC for New York Gap Analysis Project (NYGAP)
  
• Living Things: The T. cruzi protozoan spreads throughout the human body via the bloodstream in victims of Chagas' disease. This parasite causes deterioration of internal organs, especially the heart muscle, and chronic disability. Richard Gillilan (CTC) and Carlos Faerman (Cornell).
  
• Above and Beyond: Visualization of a spiral galaxy by Joel Primack at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The colored points represent stars moving under the influence of their own gravitational attraction and that of a halo of invisible dark matter. The colored lines represent the paths of three different stars that move far above and below the galactic disk, unlike most of the stars, in response to its gravitational attraction.
  
• Practical Particles: Visualization of a torus dancing as it transforms from one topology to another. The torus represents the extra dimensions described by physicist Brian Greene in his breakthrough research on superstring theory. Wayne Lytle (CTC) for Brian Greene (Cornell).

Down to Earth--

Over, Under, and Around:
TAO array images from Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory. Simulations of fluid flow (images and animations) by David Newman, Center for Computational Fluid Dynamics, Brown University.

Living Things--

Sounding Life at Sea:
Visualizations of the distribution of zooplankton in the sample area by Chris Pelkie, CTC. Photos and maps from the Ocean Resources Institute. Electron scanning microscope image of the copepod prey courtesy of Charles Greene. Fish larva imagesfrom the Fishery Oceanography Investigation at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NMFS-NEFSC).

Tiltdown for Typing:
Images from the survey site derived from videotapes taken on site by Alan Hedge and the research team. Visualizations created by Bruce Land, CTC, and Simonetta Rodriguez of the Human Factors Lab at Cornell University. Illustrations of carpal tunnel physiology courtesy of the Medical Multimedia Group. The preset tiltdown keyboard is manufactured by Proformix, Inc. Images of the floating arm keyboard courtesy of WorkPlace Designs.

Practical Particles--

To Catch a Star:
Simulations and animated segments by John Dawson and his associates at UCLA. Illustrations from the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Matterhorn photograph courtesy of mountain climber Michael Wallin.

Catalyzing Chemistry:
Simulations by Tom Cundari, University of Memphis, and his associates. Image and information on gas hydrates in the Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, region from Tim Collet, U.S. Geological Service, Denver. Images of the arctic plain from US Geological Survey, EROS Alaska Field Office.

Above and Beyond--

Patterns in the Primordial Cloud:
Simulations and images by Paul Bode and Edmund Bertschinger, MIT. COBE image courtesy of NASA. Early galaxy image courtesy of Hubble Space Telescope.