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Search Results for "Antoni van Leeuwenhoek"

Lace-like trophies

history of science
Katherine Marshall
25 September 2023
4 mins

Katherine Marshall traces the development of nature printing within the history of scientific illustration.

Focus on Leeuwenhoek

history of science
Louisiane Ferlier
10 September 2023
4 mins

Louisiane Ferlier describes how specimens sent to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ by Dutch scientist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek were photographed for our Science in the Making platform.

Diet of worms

history of science
Layla Hillsden
31 July 2023
5 mins

Layla Hilsden finds 'an astonishing and noteworthy story' while cataloguing Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ's Classified Papers collection.

Celebrating Leeuwenhoek

history of science
Rupert Baker
25 July 2023
3 mins

A two-day conference, marking the 300th anniversary of the death of Dutch microscopist Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, will be held at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in September.

Powders of sympathy

history of science
Isabel Lauterjung
25 January 2022
5 mins

Isabel Lauterjung finds some curious references to weapon salves and the cure of wounds at a distance in the archives of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ.

The roots of photography

history of science
Virginia Mills
26 July 2021
7 mins

Virginia Mills ventures out to Dulwich Picture Gallery to see their exhibition on the story of plant photography.

Hydra meets Handel

history of science
Keith Moore
27 March 2014
3 mins

Keith Moore dives into the curious world of the hydra, or polyp, and the research of Swiss naturalist Abraham Trembley FRS.