The Whole in the Part.
Mapping Earth and the human body.
Every place and thing on Earth has a function and, bizarrely, the human body copies these functions. This book explores these connections. Read the available chapters. Browse the gallery. Discuss with the community. Join the journey.
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Can we predict the future? And what would Biolink say about what comes next?
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The Gallery · 24 plates · 12 layers
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The Gallery collects the visual arguments of the project — anatomical structures laid over geographic features at every scale, from the cellular to the continental. Each plate cites its sources and links to its chapter.
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All themes →Social sciences
History, geography, anthropology — what civilizations rose where the body would expect them to.
Physical sciences
Geology, oceanology, atmospheric science — the substrate the body grew on.
Biological sciences
Embryology, anatomy, physiology — the body the planet seems to be drafting.