| 2 Jul 2018 - 30 Nov 2018 | All day | The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AG | |
- Description
Description
An exhibition curated by the Making Visible project at CRASSH, based on research in the Royal Society archives.
From the founding of the Royal Society in 1660 images and objects were an important part of science. The first Fellows created images to communicate new discoveries to their colleagues around the world, as well as to the London public. They also used graphical methods to explore and develop their ideas. Many of these beautiful and striking pictures can still be found in the archives of the Royal Society. This exhibition will show that making and seeing such images were essential for science in the seventeenth century.
Visit our blog post about the exhibition, with links to accompanying online exhibitions.
Watch project member Katie Reinhart speak about Isaac Newton’s woodblocks in a video produced by ‘Objectivity’ for the Royal Society.
Watch project member Sietske Fransen discuss Isaac Newton’s compass in a video produced by ‘Objectivity’ for the Royal Society.
Find out more from the exhibition catalogue:
This exhibition is supported by the AHRC, The Royal Society, Trinity College Cambridge and the Sedgwick Museum Cambridge.
