Quick Links What is Plastination? FAQ's Amazing Facts about the Human Body Must See @ The Tech Museum of Innovation Online Store Official Body Worlds Web Site Partners & Programs Free Student Guide Order Teacher Guide for Grades 7-12 Presenting Sponsor or call 408.795.6307 Media Center BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem features 200 authentic human specimens, including entire bodies, individual organs and transparent body slices. The anatomical specimens have been preserved through Plastination, Dr. Gunther von Hagens pioneering method of extracting bodily fluids and fat from specimens, and replacing them, through vacuum forced impregnation, with reactive resins and polymers. BODY WORLDS is aligned with The Tech's mission to "inspire the innovator in everyone", and complements and builds on permanent Galleries and exhibits in the museum focused on medical technologies, biotech, genetics and the human body. Press Releases Stanford's Dr. William Mobley to Speak on Advances in Neuroscience Research at The Tech Museum The Tech Museum of Innovation Calls for Volunteers Of BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem Exhibition Tickets Now On Sale for The Tech Museum of Innovation Showing Of BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem - Gunther von Hagens' Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies The Tech Museum of Innovation Hosts First Northern California Showing Of BODY WORLDS 2 & The Three Pound Gem-Gunther von Hagens' Anatomical Exhibition of Real Human Bodies Fact Sheets Exhibition Fact Sheet The Tech Museum of Innovation Fact Sheet Biographies Dr. Gunther von Hagens, Anatomist, Inventor of Plastination, Creator of BODY WORLDS Dr. Angelina Whalley, Creative and Conceptual Designer of BODY WORLDS and Director, Institute for Plastination Dr. Peter Friess, President of The Tech Press Accreditation Forms Press Accreditation for Onsite Visits User Agreement to Film User Agreement for Photos Image Gallery Download images from the comprehensive picture database available on the BODY WORLDS web site.