Cycling the cosmos
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The set of prints of 'The Four Seasons' in the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University, NC, can be seen as a visual encyclopaedia of the governance of human existence. The prints, which date from around 1600, are extremely complex. Adam and Eve are anatomized under an astrological arch, and are shown undergoing their life cycles against a background of the animals and plants within the body of the Earth. It can be argued that the growing dominance of the urban environment in the 18th century is closely linked with the collapse of the complex natural networks presented in these prints.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Science in culture: From destruction to creation
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Gustav Metzger's programme of 'auto-destructive art' launched in 1959 was a response to events that marked both his personal and political life. His student years were ravaged by war, and along with fellow anti-nuclear protestors, his was imprisoned in 1961. Science has been a constant point of reference in his art, and his liquid-crystal projections are his most prominent creations. His current exhibition is a computerized system where automated projectors cast images via rotating polarized filters onto the walls of the gallery.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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Max's modelling
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The haemoglobin molecule was first modelled by scientist Max Perutz in 1937. Perutz, a biochemistry lecturer, found his models inspired students. He preferred to use them and other visual methods than mathematical descriptions. A model of the deoxyribonucleic acid molecule, developed by scientists Watson and Crick, was first shown in 1953.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1998
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