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Illustration: database pictures tell a true story

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Julio M. Ottino in his Commentary “Is a picture worth 1,000 words?” (Nature 421, 474–476; 2003) divides images into two categories: those that convey data and those that illustrate scientific ideas. He defends the practice of image manipulation as sometimes being a necessary part of the process of discovery, yet expresses concern about the blurring of the line between fantasy and reality in scientific illustration.

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Catton, C., Shotton, D. Illustration: database pictures tell a true story. Nature 422, 374 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/422374a

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