Yeah, I've been on a bit of a "science meets art" bent lately (I don't want to encroach on Bioephemera's territory too much now...), but what's one more link into the mix? Neil has told me that the latest issue of the magazine Cabinet features one of my favorite illustrations of Cheselden's Osteographia as well as articles about Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, the whale of a trial that is the focus of Trying Leviathan, and much more about bones.
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From De humani corporis fabrica libri septem (1543) by Andreas Vesalius.
For everyone who loves old books (and old books about bones, at that) as much as I do, check out this website, which contains William Cheselden's Osteographia. Andreas Vesalius' De corporis humani fabrica libri septem is up…
Dinner inside the belly of Iguanodon.My fellow scibling Jonah Lehrer has a new piece in SEED extending the argument from the end of his book Proust Was a Neuroscientist called "The Future of Science... Is Art?" It's pretty interesting, exploring the relation between physics and neuroscience to art…
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- - -The World's Fair is pleased to offer the following discussion about a most unique and forceful book, Trying Leviathan: The Nineteenth-Century New York Court Case That Put the Whale on Trial and Challenged the Order of Nature (Princeton University Press, 2007), with its author D…
I've been blogging for a few years now, first at Blogger and recently at Nature Network, and in that time I've accumulated a fair amount of material. Rather than ask people to scan through my archives I thought I would repost some of my earlier pieces as a way for new readers to get an idea of…
I've been wanting to read the Trying Leviathan article/interview, but not until I finish the book itself...
Cabinet is a fascinating magazine. I first found out about it through the article on the hyperbolic crochet technique (Issue #16), which in addition to providing an excellent way to represent hyperbolic geometry, also allows for the creation of funky yarn nudibranchs, corals, and sea anemones. Mathematics + Fiber Art + Natural History...doesn't get much better, AFAIC!
Hey, it's not my territory. . . but you are trying my ability to post timely comments! I still haven't gotten a chance to respond intelligently to your delicious "What Rules the World"? post. I love Cabinet, too.
Jessica; I just wanted to throw in another plug for your excellent blog since I think you cover an area that deserves more attention (I just couldn't think of anything better than a tongue-in-cheek line to do it). I'm looking forward to your response to What Rules the World?, though.