wdlove said:
Here is a site that might have access to free pictures.
http://www.mic.ki.se/MEDIMAGES.html
Thanks for the link, it's been bookmarked
There are a few pictures of developing embryos in there, I can't use them within the paper itself but for the cover sheet one could come in handy.
wdlove said:
I see what you mean. I checked what was a very simple picture, the bottom size was $69.. I hope that you will be successful AppleMatt. What is the subject of your paper? Medicine is of interest to me personally.
The paper focuses on various ethically sound 'solutions' to obtaining embryonic stem cells (methods that don't involve destruction of the embryo). What I require is an image of a 'blown open' embryo. The best/cheapest one so far (attached) unfortunately has the Wellcome Trusts logo watermarked across it unless I pay.
[rant]I object to being backed into paying ridiculous prices* for the most basic of photos (as you pointed out) - I can take a picture of my own stethoscope thanks. Also the fact that science is 'public', this is
especially true for academic use, I can read, reference and quote away from thousands of freely available papers that have hundreds of hours poured into them. If it wasn't 'public' pretty much every university would shut down in a day due to patent licensing fees. So why is a picture so different.
edit: Bear in mind as-well, the majority of researchers
donate these images. It isn't the scientists who are making the money, it's the people they
gave their images to.[/rant]
Lacero said:
Have you tried Google Images?
That's where I found a smaller version of the above on a news site, and a couple of others.
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