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.

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…

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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.

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

About this item The History of Women in Science Poster measures 24 _ 36" This poster is a historical look at women whose discoveries and achievements revolutionized the scientific world Includes photos and short biographies creating a mosaic of notable female scientists, such as Elizabeth Blackwell, Marie Curie, Barbara McClintock, Rachel Carson, Mae Jemison, and Jane Goodall Laminated.