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Body Worlds (German title: Körperwelten) is a traveling exhibition of preserved human bodies and body parts that are prepared using a technique called plastination to reveal inner anatomical structures. The exhibition's developer and promoter is German anatomist Gunther von Hagens, who invented the plastination technique in the late 1970s at the University of Heidelberg. ==History== ''Body Worlds'' was first presented in Tokyo in 1995. Body Worlds exhibitions have since been hosted by more than 50 museums and venues in North America, Europe and Asia. ''Body Worlds 2 & The Brain – Our Three Pound Gem'' (concerning the brain and nervous system) opened in 2005 at the California Science Center in Los Angeles. it is showing at the Telus World of Science in Vancouver.〔(Bodyworlds - Science World )〕 ''Body Worlds 3 & The Story of the Heart'' (concerning the cardiovascular system) opened on 25 February 2006, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science. On 9 July 2009 this show appeared at the Buffalo Museum of Science in Buffalo, New York. , it is showing at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado.〔(Current Exhibitions ), Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Retrieved 2010-05-19.〕 ''Body Worlds 4'' debuted 22 February 2008 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester in England and was in the Cureghem Cellars in Brussels until March 2009.〔(Cureghem Cellars Official BODY WORLDS site ) 〕 ''Body Worlds & The Mirror of Time'' (featuring human development and aging) debuted at The O2 in London in October 2008. ''Body Worlds Vital'' was inaugurated at the Universum museum of the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Body Worlds Vital )〕 ''Körperwelten & Der Zyklus Des Lebens (The cycle of life)'' opened in Heidelberg in January 2009.〔(Körperwelten & Der Zyklus Des Lebens )〕 Body Worlds exhibitions have received more than 37 million visitors, making them the world's most popular touring attraction. The exhibit states that its purpose and mission is the education of laymen about the human body, leading to better health awareness. All the human plastinates are from people who donated their bodies for plastination via a body donation program. Each Body Worlds exhibition contains approximately 25 full-body plastinates with expanded or selective organs shown in positions that enhance the role of certain systems. More than 200 specimens of real human organs and organ systems are displayed in glass cases, some showing various medical conditions. Some of the specimens, such as the Tai Chi Man, demonstrate interventions, and include prosthetics such as artificial hip joints or heart valves. Also featured is a liver with cirrhosis and the lungs of a smoker and non-smoker are placed side by side. A prenatal display features fetuses and embryos, some with congenital disorders. To produce specimens for Body Worlds, von Hagens employs 340 people at five laboratories in three countries, China, Germany and Kyrgyzstan. Each laboratory is categorized by specialty, with the China laboratory focusing on animal specimens. One of the most difficult specimens to create was the ''giraffe'' that appears in ''Body Worlds & The Cycle of Life''. The specimen took three years to complete – ten times longer than it takes to prepare a human body. Ten people are required to move the giraffe, because its final weight (like all specimens after plastination) is equal to the original animal. Several Body Worlds exhibits (as well as Von Hagens himself) were featured in the 2006 film ''Casino Royale''. Among the plastinates featured were the ''Poker Playing Trio'' (which plays a key role in one scene) and ''Rearing Horse and Rider''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Body Worlds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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