Science Art: Pfd-symbols, from the free open source program, Dia.
Image from Wikimedia Commons. These symbols show steps in various chemical processes – the things you can do to change substances. Well, the things chemical […]
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Science Art: Braunfische oder Balenen (Plate 98), Johann Saur (after Lakas Schan), Fischbuch, das ist, aussführliche Beschreibung und lebendige…, 1598
A medieval hunt for the “brownfish, or baleen.” Centuries before we got our light and energy by burning petroleum, we got it from whales. This […]
Science Art: Chlamyphore tronque, Chlamyphorus truncatus, Harlan, by René Primevère Lesson
Click to embiggen The pink fairy armadillo wishes you a happy New Year. So, I am sure, would R.P. Lesson. [via Scientific Illustration]
Science Art: Hickory, Norway Spruce, Chestnut, and Red Cedar & Pitch Pine, L. Prang chromolithograph.
From the New York Public Library Digital Gallery. Best wishes for a well-garlanded Yuletide.
Science Art: Wels (Catfish) by Heinrich Harder, from Unsere Süßwasserfische by Dr. Emil Walter, 1913.
Click to embiggen A color plate from the BioDiversity Library’s edition of Our Freshwater Fish, first published in Leipzig in 1913. Heinrich Harder, as well […]
Science Art: Mercury Spacecraft, by McDonnell/NASA
Click to embiggen vastly This funny looking can with the tower on top was America’s first ride into space. Wasn’t very big. Didn’t have a […]
Science Art: Testing Machine, from The New Students’ Reference Work, 1914.
Click to embiggen This wasn’t a machine for giving new students tests. It was a machine for testing how strong materials were. My understanding is […]
Science Art: Manatees Swimming by Henry W. Elliott
Click to embiggen From the NOAA Photo Library, Historic Fisheries Collection, in the somewhat questionably titled ” Natural History of Useful Aquatic Animals” section. Are […]
Science Art: Ophidia I. Tropidonotus natrix Tab 18, by Paul Pfurtscheller
Click to embiggen From a series of zoological wall hangings (you remember these from classrooms, don’t you?) found on Scientific Illustrations. Viennese teacher Dr. Paul […]
And now, a word from Neil deGrasse Tyson…
“Only when creative people take ownership of cosmic discovery will society accept science as the cultural activity that it is.” – Neil deGrasse Tyson answering […]
Science Art: Rust Mite, Aceria anthocoptes, by Erbe, Pooley: USDA, ARS, EMU.
Click to embiggen This is a bug that, like Eeyore, eats thistles. Some call them “free living.” Others call them vagrants. Technically, I mean. [via]
Science Art: Examining Plankton Haul, Plankton Hydrographic Cruise, Research Vessel Atlantis by O.E. Sette, 1935
Marine biology from the Diesel Age. Crowded organisms, barely visible through the equipment. (And I’m talking about the researchers.) Photo from NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science […]
Science Art: Wattles of Cock Tragopans, by William Beebe, from A Monograph on Pheasants, 1918-1922.
The artist and writer William Beebe is better known for his deep sea explorations than his wattle portraiture. He studied at Columbia, but spent too […]
Science Art: “Good News for Bad Writers” (The Typewriter, Punch, September1867)
Click to embiggen In 1867, the typewriter was a ridiculous leap in technology. The editor of Punch anticipated the next step: “Writing Superseded. — Mr. […]