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Visual science

From Hooke’s drawings of fossils to Waller’s botanical watercolours, the history of science is replete with beautiful illustrations of the natural world and experimentation.

  • 25 October 2014, 13:00 - 14:00
Add to Calendar 10/25/14 01:00 PM 10/25/14 02:00 PM United Kingdom (GMT) Visual science Join historian Dr Sachiko Kusukawa on a journey through the intersections of art and science in the 17<sup>th</sup> and 18<sup>th</sup> centuries. The Royal Society, London, SW1Y 5AG
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From Hooke’s drawings of fossils to Waller’s botanical watercolours, the history of science is replete with beautiful illustrations of the natural world and experimentation.

Join historian Dr Sachiko Kusukawa on a journey through the intersections of art and science in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Explore sketches, engravings and paintings and learn how scientists used these images to guide their studies. This history of science lecture will demonstrate how early science was truly a visual culture and give background to some of the images and items on display at the Big Draw: Drawing science.

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  • Doors open at 12:30pm
  • Seats allocated on first-come, first-served basis
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