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"Women's Work: Portraits of 12 Scientific Illustrators" exhibits landmark illustrations in the history of science by women who led the way at a time when women's contributions to science were stifled by cultural norms of the day. >> https://t.co/RzFe2lAgLA
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Claude-Louis Berthollet, a French #chemist, was born #onthisdate in 1748. Berthollet accompanied #Napoleon during his invasion of Egypt. Learn more about Berthollet in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/2rwprb4dqu
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Admiral Horatio Thomas Austin, a British naval officer, died #onthisdate in 1865. Austin led an expedition to the Arctic in search of the crew and ships of Sir John Franklin. Learn more about Austin in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/nQy0Eyl2si
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Louis-Bertrand Castel, a French natural #philosopher, was born #onthisdate in 1688. Castel proposed the creation of an "ocular harpsichord" that would play colors instead of sounds. Learn more about Castel in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/hZAJu07XKh
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William Hazledine, an English #ironmaster, died #onthisdate in 1840. Hazledine collaborated with Thomas Telford to construct some of Britain's greatest bridges. Learn more about Hazledine in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/s7azFtuYQ0
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Umberto Boccioni, an Italian #painter, was born #onthisdate in 1882. Boccioni was one of the most influential members of an Italian school of painters known as Futurists. Learn more about Boccioni in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/TlGPtoIVho
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Johann Friedrich Esper, a German #physician, was born #onthisdate in 1732. Esper discovered the bones of an extinct species of cave bear in a Bavarian cave. Learn more about Esper in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/c9w37BJ4G8
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Inigo Jones, an English #architect, was born #onthisdate in 1573. Jones is noted for being the first to introduce Italian #Renaissance architectural style into Great Britain. Learn more about Jones in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/Yxb3uMAnvV
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Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish #painter, was born #onthisdate in 1577. Rubens was one of the best-educated artists of the #Baroque. Learn more about Rubens in his #ScientistoftheDay Profile: https://t.co/Qa4Gfsr7ue
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Stefano della Bella, an Italian artist and engraver, was born #onthisday in 1610. Della Bella designed and etched the frontispiece to Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632). Learn more in his #ScientistoftheDay profile: https://t.co/PdJhe3lnbS
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