Science Art: Ecphora gardnerae, by J.C. McConnell
Click to embiggen A shellfish that was around when megalodons swam and the first crows flew. It was drawn by J.C. McConnell, a doctor who […]
Science Art
Thanksgiving Theremin: Carolina talks Theremin – An overview for composers and music lovers
In which the virtuoso discusses the techniques, range and aesthetics of the instrument. And, you know, plays a little.
Thanksgiving Theremin: Theremin and Synths (Improvisation) by Carolina Eyck and Marius Leicht
Straight into the hearts of space with this one. Hope your Thanksgiving weekend (if you’re celebrating) is, like, totally cosmic.
Science Art: New invented Machine, for deepning and cleansing Docks, &c., 1775.
Click to embiggen In 1775, Pennsylvania Magazine wanted its readers to be up to date on the very latest in technological advances, including this machine […]
Science Art: Taf. V: Feuer-Salamander by Bruno Dürigen.
Fire salamanders. They don’t look so hot. [via]
Science Art: Chemical Laboratory room. Experimental Research labs, Burroughs Wellcome and Co. Tuckahoe, New York
Click to embiggen Welcome to Wellcome. They’ve got all kinds of wonderful things in their image gallery, including this marvelous experimenter in an even more […]
Science Art: Idolo de ignota localidad, Idolo de Arica, Idolo de ignota localidad.
Click to embiggen. Three idols, from the Anales del Museo Nacional de Chile, published between 1892 and 1910. I found them in the Biodiversity Heritage […]
Science Art: A Querschnitt durch die Wurzelspitze…, 1905.
Click to embiggen The translation of “a Querschnitt durch die Wurzelspitze von Equisetum hiemale dicht unterhalb der Scheitelzelle nach Naegeli und Leitgeb,” according to Google, […]
Science Art: Gate of Lodore, from the Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories.
Behold the West. This is the frontispiece to a scientific report, the Report on the geology of the eastern portion of the Uinta Mountains and […]
Science Art: Pluto as seen by New Horizons
Click to embiggen A photo of that icy, cold, faraway, beautiful neighbor, just snapped by NASA. Found in the New Horizons Image Gallery.
Science Art: Five of Spades, from Playing Cards: Engineering
This is one of a whole deck of… well, they’re practically a technological tarot, really. They’re playing cards illustrating concepts in engineering. (The two of […]
Science Art: Red White Blood Cells, by NCI-Frederick.
The one carries oxygen around, the other keeps the system clean. They’re teeny tiny. Image from the Electron Microscopy Facility at The National Cancer Institute […]
Science Art: To Scale: The Solar System by Wylie Overstreet.
To Scale: The Solar System from Wylie Overstreet on Vimeo. I like the desert in Nevada already because of the sense of perspective – such […]
Science Art: Aequorea Forbesiana by Philip Henry Gosse.
Click to embiggen This is a jellyfish drawn by Philip Henry Gosse, a naturalist and Creationist (!) who gave us the word “aquarium” as a […]
Science Art: A tightly wrapped trefoil knot, identified as the second member of the glueball spectrum, 2003.
Click to embiggen From John P. Ralston’s “The Bohr Atom of Glueballs,” an article describing how to model an atom using rope and glue. Sort […]