Late in 2016, a second-grade girl named Aditi faced a common pesky challenge in an uncommon way. In a blog entry, “The Secret About Lice,” she wrote: On December the 6th I got lice on my head. I was curious … Read more →
When they appeared in the early 1600s, telescopes quickly revealed details of distant worlds, but microscopes provided access to tiny worlds much more slowly. The lenses for microscopes required more precision, and finer skills of the artisans who made them. … Read more →
Visitors to the special exhibition Revealing the Invisible: The History of Glass and the Microscope, currently on view at the Rakow Research Library, can examine portraits of key figures in the history of microscopy alongside the instruments and books they … Read more →
Scientist Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was passionately curious, had an instinctive understanding of science, and was endlessly inventive. As Curator of Experiments for the recently formed (and soon-to-be-renowned) Royal Society of London, Hooke performed scientific demonstrations for the membership. His microscope … Read more →