The geometric shapes & natural forms captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckels prints still influence artists & designers to this day. This volume highlights the research & findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckels prints which even in their day became world famous. Haeckels portfolio first published between 1899 & 1904 in separate installments is described in the opening essays. The plates illustrate Haeckels fundamental monistic notion of the unity of all living things" & the wide variety of forms are executed with utmost delicacy. Incipient microscopic organisms are juxtaposed with highly developed plants & animals. The pages ordered according to geometric & "constructive" aspects document the oness of the world in its most diversified forms. This collection of plates was not only well-received by scientists but by artists & architects as well. Rene Binet a pioneer of glass & iron constructions Emile Galle a renowned Art Nouveau designer & the photographer Karl Blossfeld all make explicit reference to Haeckel in their work."