The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Reviewed by Amy Ione for Leonardo Reviews
Archive of posts tagged History of science
Cambridge University puts Isaac Newton papers online
The notebooks in which Sir Isaac Newton worked out the theories on which much classical science is based have been put online by Cambridge University. Here.
Exhibition: The Magic and Myth of Alchemy
The Lloyd Library and Museum proudly announces a new online exhibit: The Magic and Myth of Alchemy (http://www.lloydlibrary.org/exhibits/alchemy/index.html), created in honor of the International Year of Chemistry, an event celebrated by chemists and chemistry associations throughout 2011. While the Lloyd does not hold the most ancient treatises from Asia or the Middle East, the Lloyd holds a wealth of materials from [...]
Workshop: Visual Representations in Science
The 6th European Spring School (Menorca, May 19 -21, 2011), devoted to “Visual Representations in Science” includes:
Review of Lars Becker-Larsen’s The Moving Earth
by Amy Ione Lars Becker-Larsen’s production of The Moving Earth offers a splendid chronicle of the scientific shift brought about through studies of planetary motion during the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. The name of the film refers to the work establishing that Earth is a moving planet and the broadly based content tells [...]
