History of science

Illustrating natural history: images, periodicals, and the making of nineteenth-century scientific communities - Volume 51 Issue 3

This Las Vegas newspaper captures the excitement as two American astronauts explore the moon's surface on July 20. Earlier in the day, President Richard Nixon had led the nation in prayer for a successful moon landing.

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In our times, most of humanity’s effort is set on exploring the future and the advancements that come with it, whether it’s technology or science. But delving into the past can be just as if not more entertaining.

Via ZME Science Take a moment to consider that the first space flights, both for the Soviets and for NASA, took place way before computers. Engineers had to calculate how to send spacecraft into ou…

Scale model of anatomy theatre built at Padua in 1594 showing dissection taking place, English, 1900-1950

II PHYSICS Aristotle said a bunch of stuff that was wrong. Galileo and Newton fixed things up. Then Einstein broke everything again. Now, we've basically got it all worked out, except for small stuff, big stuff, hot stuff, cold stuff, fast stuff, heavy stuff, dark stuff, turbulence, and the concept of time. ... #alberteinstein #celebrities #ii #physics #aristotle #said #bunch #stuff #wrong #galileo #newton #fixed #things #then #einstein #broke #again #now #weve #basically #got #worked #pic

Ivan Canu Illustration: Madame Curie. Ivan Canu illustrated a portrait of double Nobel Prize-winner Marie Curie for Cromosomaxx, an independent, international, experimental non-profit project formed by a group of illustrators to pay tribute the most important women in the history of science.