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

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

https://t.co/jM1T6pyyh4

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2020-04-12

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

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2020-04-05

A review essay has appeared by in covering three recent books about

Ken Thompson: Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants

: On the Backs of Tortoises

: Evolution Before Darwin

https://t.co/t4rtCFFCbg

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2020-04-03

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

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

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2020-04-02

Welsh artist and illustrator Moses Griffith was born 1747.

These drawings are from a set of Griffith's sketchbooks that purchased in 1952.

Further info: https://t.co/blCLWH508E

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2020-03-25

Looking for some extra content this morning?

It's time for you to learn your Lesson.

René Primevére Lesson, French naval officer & zoologist, is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/aOMicXrJs4

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2020-03-21

1/12 While Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), founder of , is a well-known figure in South Asia, his contributions to science education and popularization are relatively unexamined. Today, I am going to introduce us to some examples

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2020-02-13

Another potential namesake for wisteria is American physician Caspar Wistar, who succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president of .

Further details courtesy of : https://t.co/QxGpPuhil0

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2020-02-12

"Making fruit attractive in print is not easy."

John Lindley, English horticulturalist and author of Pomologia Britannica (1841), is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/X0qbbZh52E


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2020-02-06

It's a in Most schools & cultural institutions, including , are closed so people can celebrate the ' victory.

The image below, featuring actual is from John Ross, A Voyage of Discovery (1819).

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2020-02-05

How can the writings of Friedrich enhance our understanding of modern science?

Find out tomorrow at a lecture by research fellow Will Parkhurst.

Registration & livestream details: https://t.co/PEsRzkecGV

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2019-08-15

Quantum physicist Werner Heisenberg loved to draw in his sketchbook. Here is his colourful portrait of beautiful Würzburg, Germany, with its prominent medieval bridge and Festung (fortress / castle). (From the Jochen Heisenberg collection)

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2019-07-01

Three new books on Worlds of Wonder! Let's find out what a mycologist, a microscope manufacturer and a popular science writer had to say about microscopy and which illustrations they used.

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2019-06-08

Next, we showcased the work of botanical illustrator Margaret Mee, whose stunning "Flowers of the Brazilian Forests" foreshadowed her later involvement in rain forest conservation efforts. (3/5)

(QK486 .B6 M4 1968 folio)


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2019-03-09

History thru glass weekly recap:

Dregs of Alchemy
https://t.co/iWYeXGj2M2
Fire and Brimstone
https://t.co/87Eyxm448Y
Lime
https://t.co/7ZnbR6NeXK

Full picture credits: https://t.co/tmHHtgbMLw

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2018-07-15

in 1858, Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Donati discovered his namesake comet, illustrated here in Edmund Weiß' Bilderatlas der Sternenwelt (1888). Further information on Donati's Comet via : https://t.co/SxSPCyawfy

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2018-06-03

MEN or MACHINES

Dystopian future evoked in this 1936 TUC leaflet - combining sci-fi Machine Age imagery with nods to the Luddites

[https://t.co/kRViGhS7H2]

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2018-05-29

Student life at the world’s first medical school for women: the pioneers who faced jeers and discrimination to become doctors https://t.co/NYPwcNHHn9 👩🏽‍🎓💉

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2018-01-10

Can you see the music? Louis Bertrand Castel-natural philosopher who proposed the creation of an "ocular harpsichord" that emitted color rather than sound-is 's Scientist of the Day! https://t.co/QKsjZQp9xF

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2018-01-09

William Swainson-British ornithologist-is 's Scientist of the Day! () https://t.co/U8WMzX1dBn

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2017-10-13