Linda Hall Libraryさんのイラストまとめ

It's been 15 years since we partnered w/@mobotgarden to put on #WomensWork. Since then, we have continued to collect scientific books written or illustrated by women, such as Flowers of the Brazilian Forests by Margaret Mee (1968).

https://t.co/52wYduolqH

#WomenInSTEM #sciart

This exhibit features some of our most beautifully illustrated rare books, such as Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).

https://t.co/cpCeke7O85

#insects #WomenInSTEM #sciart

James Parkinson, English surgeon & namesake of #ParkinsonsDisease, was born #OTD 1755.

In addition to his medical research, Parkinson was an avid #fossil collector & published a 3-volume paleontological work (Organic Remains of a Former World).

https://t.co/jM1T6pyyh4

#histSTM

Rogier Verbeek, a Dutch geologist who wrote the definitive study of the #Krakatoa eruption in 1883, was born April 7, 1845.

https://t.co/xgKI1cwrhK

#histSTM #geology #volcano
#OnThisDay #OTD

#ICYMI: Yesterday's Scientist of the Day was George Douglas, the Scottish gentleman scientist who complicated 19th century discussions of heredity with his paper on the quagga (seen here).

https://t.co/CkaPDP16mM

#histSTM #eqhist

Engravings from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian.

Merian was born #OTD 1647. Further details about her remarkable life: https://t.co/dvqS0lc41j

#histSTM #WomenInSTEM #sciart

Linda Hall Library is going to the movies! Join us for a retrospective of films based on the works of Michael Crichton. The films are free and open to the public; however, e-tickets are required. Learn more and register for tickets at https://t.co/U46OwbliIj.

Today is the day! You have until 11:59 p.m. CST today to complete your fellowship applications for the 2019-20 academic year.

The deadline for 2019-20 fellowship applications approaches. Don't miss this opportunity.

Don't wait any longer. The application deadline for a 2019-20 Linda Hall Library fellowship is this Friday at 11:59 p.m. CST.