Portraiture as a genre is receiving increased attention at the same time that public curiosity about science is reaching unprecedented levels. Published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 14 April - 17 September 2000, and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, from 27 September - 10 December 2000, Defining Features brings portraiture and science together. Ludmilla Jordanova's...