--- ---  # See the Human Body Under a Microscope by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 5, 2015 5:47 PM UTC  Serotonin crystals (polarized light micrograph) Serotonin crystals (polarized light micrograph)Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 5, 2015 5:47 PM UTC  'Science is Beautiful' The new book ‘Science is Beautiful’ shows how the human body can be alluring even in minutia.  Adrenaline crystals (polarized light micrographs) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Balancing stone from inner ear (colored scanning electron micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Blood clot (colored scanning electron micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Breast cancer (light micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Insulin crystals (polarized light micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Melatonin crystals (polarized light micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Penicillium fungus (colored scanning electron micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Serotonin crystals (polarized light micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Vaginal cancer cells (colored scanning electron micrograph) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited  Ventolin crystals (colred scanning electron micrographs) Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited See the Human Body Under a Microscope ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3695903/human-body-microscope/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3695903/human-body-microscope/"},"headline":"See the Human Body Under a Microscope","datePublished":"2015-02-05T17:47:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:51.103Z","description":"Closer than you thought possible","url":"https://time.com/3695903/human-body-microscope/","keywords":["Research","Science topic","photography","human behavior"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecce84a6340ded46/69877d992dce019ff29dd5c7/serotonin-crystals-microscopic-human-body.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltecce84a6340ded46/69877d992dce019ff29dd5c7/serotonin-crystals-microscopic-human-body.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"serotonin-crystals-microscopic-human-body","caption":"Serotonin crystals (polarized light micrograph)","creditText":"Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3695903/human-body-microscope/","name":"See the Human Body Under a Microscope"}}]}] ```