Science Art
Science Art: Resuscitation by mouth-to-mouth respiration, WHO/Red Cross photo
The robot is in trouble! We’ll have to help the robot breathe!
This educational illustration comes from the National Institutes of Health “History… Read the rest “Science Art: Resuscitation by mouth-to-mouth respiration, WHO/Red Cross photo”
Science Art: The periodical cicada (”Magicicada septendecim”), Plate 7, from Insects, their way and means of living, by R. E. Snodgrass.
It’s the year of magic. Or, well, the Magicicada septendecim – the 17-year magic cicada.
Have you heard?
They come back every 17 years, black-winged and red-eyed… Read the rest “Science Art: The periodical cicada (”Magicicada septendecim”), Plate 7, from Insects, their way and means of living, by R. E. Snodgrass.”
Science Art: Neuroscience Dress Trippy Retina Print, by Shenova
This eye-catching dress is based on retinal neurons as observed by Ferrucio Tartuferi in 1887. He put eyes under the microscope and looked at what could have been looking back at him.
The … Read the rest “Science Art: Neuroscience Dress Trippy Retina Print, by Shenova”
Science Art: Nazca Lines, Peru, 2000, NASA’s Earth as Art
These are probably the world’s largest petroglyphs. They’re ancient rock carvings that we can see from space.
You can’t make out the funky checkerboards, or the hummingbirds… Read the rest “Science Art: Nazca Lines, Peru, 2000, NASA’s Earth as Art”
Science Art: Plate VI, from Monograph on the Aye-aye, by Richard Owen, 1863
In 1863, naturalist Richard Owen published 72 pages of joy.
Is it related to the lemur? Aye.
Does it climb through the jungle at night? Aye.
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The power of diagrams. The beauty of diagrams.
SciAm blogger Clarissa Ai Ling Lee reflects on the science and art of visualizing information:
… Read the rest “The power of diagrams. The beauty of diagrams.”Of course, there were records of politics, observations of particular traditions, and stories
Science Art: Plate 2527 Guarda (a mechanism for protecting airships), by Charles A.A. Dellschau, 1912.
This may be an important historical record of the early days of aeronautics, or it may be a vivid fantasy by a lonely, old man.
Either way, it’s beautiful.
The notebooks… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate 2527 Guarda (a mechanism for protecting airships), by Charles A.A. Dellschau, 1912.”
Science Art: Frutti di Mare, by W.F. Phillips, 1974.
I couldn’t resist this when I saw the name of the book it came from: Italian Food, by Elizabeth David. It’s an improbable English cookbook from the 1950s:
… Read the rest “Science Art: Frutti di Mare, by W.F. Phillips, 1974.”…David
Science Art: Bodendruckapparat nach Pascal by Max Kohl
This is an illustration of a model of a paradox – they hydrostatic paradox, as demonstrated by Blaise Pascal. The paradox is that the pressure at the bottom of a column… Read the rest “Science Art: Bodendruckapparat nach Pascal by Max Kohl”
Science Art: Indian Gharial by Wilhelm Eigener, 1958
A sub-continental crocodilian, found on that good ol’ Scientific Illustration tumblog.
It was painted by Wilhelm Eigener, one of Germany’s most sought-after… Read the rest “Science Art: Indian Gharial by Wilhelm Eigener, 1958”
Science Art: Cephalaspis by John Dunn
A Devonian fish with a bony head.
That means it was swimming around hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs.
Found on the Scientific Illustration tumblog.
Science Art: Plate IV: Chilabothrus Inornatus and Dactyloa Edwardsii, by M&N Hanhart,1851.
Originally published in A naturalist’s sojourn in Jamaica, by Philip Gosse, who had awesome sideburns. And a relationship with M&N Hanhart, prolific publishers… Read the rest “Science Art: Plate IV: Chilabothrus Inornatus and Dactyloa Edwardsii, by M&N Hanhart,1851.”
Science Art: Exploring the Universe, from Looking Into Science supplements, 1965
This came from a series of supplements in California textbooks in the 1960s – the peak of the Space Race.
This is an image of promise. There is a better tomorrow out there in the void. … Read the rest “Science Art: Exploring the Universe, from Looking Into Science supplements, 1965”
Science Art: Finite Element Mesh for a Klein Surface, by Cristian Barbarosie, 2009.
An inside that is also an outside, as depicted in Python.
From the Center for Image in Science and Art, University of Lisbon.