X-Ray Vision: The Evolution of Medical Imaging and Its Human Significance

This is an interesting book covering a number of areas including the origins and development of radiology, radiology and the arts and applications of imaging to modern medicine. There are many illustrations, although some errors. Figure 2-14 is of Heinrich Hertz and not of Werner Forssmann. This book also promulgates the urban legend that EMI used the money obtained from the Beatles to fund Godfrey Hounsfield and the development of the CT scanner. This is not the case. I liked the section on radiology and the arts and popular culture which is a particular interest of mine. There is a good section on radiology in the sciences generally including x-ray crystallography. However this book can be recommended and I enjoyed reading it. There is an interesting relationship in this book between modern medical imaging and radiology history.