Fritz Kahn
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Fritz Kahn was a German physician and pioneering popular science writer best known for his imaginative, infographic-style illustrations explaining human anatomy and physiology in mechanical and industrial metaphors.
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|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Jewish person
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human ⓘ physician ⓘ popular science writer ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | German Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
German Empire
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Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-09-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1968-01-14 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anatomy
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gynecology ⓘ medical illustration ⓘ medicine ⓘ physiology ⓘ popularization of science ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science literature
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scientific illustration ⓘ |
| givenName | Fritz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
data visualization
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information design ⓘ medical illustration ⓘ popular science communication ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
contemporary advances in physiology
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early 20th-century industrialization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement | popular science ⓘ |
| name | Fritz Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
infographic-style illustrations of the human body
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pioneering visual popular science books ⓘ use of mechanical and industrial metaphors to explain human anatomy and physiology ⓘ |
| notableIdea | explaining the human body as a complex industrial system ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Das Leben des Menschen
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Der Mensch gesund und krank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
gynecologist
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physician ⓘ popular science writer ⓘ science communicator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Halle an der Saale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Lucerne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Berlin
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France ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| usedVisualMetaphor |
factory as metaphor for the human body
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industrial machinery as metaphor for organs and physiological processes ⓘ |
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