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Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Moth wing scales, light micrograph

Moth wing scales, light micrograph
Moth wing scales. Light micrograph of scales from the wing of a sunset moth (Urania ripheus) from Madagascar. Layers of wing scales are transparent but tiny ridges on the scales break up

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Building the Tower of Babel, 14th century

Building the Tower of Babel, 14th century
Building the Tower of Babel. According to Genesis the people of the Earth built a tower to scale heaven. God intervened and punished them for their presumption by destroying the tower

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Everardus Vorstius, Dutch physician

Everardus Vorstius, Dutch physician
Aelius Everardus Vorstius (1565-1624), Dutch physician. Vorstius was born at Roermond and was educated at Dordt and Leiden, where he encountered Vulcanius and Lispius

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Greater bladderwort, light micrograph

Greater bladderwort, light micrograph
Greater bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris), light micrograph. This carnivorous plant traps small aquatic animals in its bladders (one seen at lower centre)

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Johannes Trithemius, German polymath

Johannes Trithemius, German polymath
Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516), German abbot and polymath. Born as Johann Heidenberg at Trittenheim, he studied at Heidelberg

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer

Petrus Bertius, Flemish cartographer
Petrus Bertius (1565-1629), Flemish cartographer. Bertius was born at Beveren. As a young man he travelled widely before settling to study at the University of Amsterdam

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer

Jan Hus, Czech religious reformer
Jan Hus (c.1369-1415), Czech priest and reformer. Hus was born at Husinec in Bohemia. In 1394 Anne of Bohemia, widow of King Richard II of England

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Joseph Addison, English essayist

Joseph Addison, English essayist
Joseph Addison (1672-1719), English essayist and politician. Addison was born in Wiltshire and educated at Charterhouse School and Queens College, Oxford

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540

Title page of Politiae literariae, 1540
Title page of Politiae literariae. The woodcut illustration shows six prominent humanists in discussion over an open book

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Comet Hale-Bopp

Comet Hale-Bopp. This was one of the brightest comets of the 20th Century. It was visible during the first half of 1997. The comet has two clear tails; a white dust tail and a blue ion tail

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: John Colet, English humanist theologian

John Colet, English humanist theologian
John Colet (1467-1519), English humanist and reformer. Colet was born in London and educated at St. Anthonys School and at Magdalene Colege, Oxford

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Star trails

Star trails. Time exposure image of star trails over Lake Brennilis, Brittany, France. The very bright object at lower centre is Venus

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Night sky

Night sky. Time exposure image of the sky after sunset. In the panel at right the moon is at far right, Venus is at upper centre and the Pleiades open star cluster is at left

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Robert Boyle, Irish chemist

Robert Boyle, Irish chemist
Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Irish chemist. Boyle was born at Lismore Castle, the seventh son of the 1st Earl of Cork. He was sent to Eton at the age of seven

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Oronce Fine, French cartographer

Oronce Fine, French cartographer
Oronce Fine (1494-1555), French mathematician and cartographer. Fine was born at Briancon into a family of physicians and was educated at Paris

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork

Araticum ape, annona montana, artwork
Historical woodcut illustration of the Araticum ape, or Mountain soursop (Annona montana, also Annona pisonis). This is a plant native to Central America and the Caribbean

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Historical engraving of a lemming

Historical engraving of a lemming
Engraving of a lemming. At the top the animal is identified as a Mus Norvagicus, vulgo Leming (Norwegian mouse, commonly lemming), with the skeleton shown below

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Joachim Camerarius, German scholar

Joachim Camerarius, German scholar
Joachim Camerarius (1500-1574), German classical scholar. Born at Bamberg as Joachim Liebhard, Camerarius gained his latinised name from members of his family being appointed chancellor (camerarius)

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath

Giambattista della Porta Italian polymath
Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615), Italian scholar and polymath. Della Porta was born near Naples into a noble family and was tutored by the many learned visitors his father entertained

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer

Gerardus Mercator, Flemish cartographer
Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), Flemish cartographer. Mercator was born Gerard de Cremere and was educated at the University of Louvain

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Woodcut illustration of bird-of-paradise

Woodcut illustration of bird-of-paradise
Woodcut illustration of the Manucodiata, or bird of paradise. The term is a corruption of the Malay term manute-dewata, meaning bird of the gods

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: 14th century theological cosmography

14th century theological cosmography. Close-up of a geocentric depiction of the Universe that has a T-O (orbis terrarum) map of the Earth at centre

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Development of Arabic numerals

Development of Arabic numerals. Table illustrating the development and spread of numerals from the 1st to 14th centuries AD

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer

Johannes Stabius, Austrian cartographer
Johannes Stabius (1450-1522), Austrian cartographer. Stabius worked in Vienna and was a member of a noted circle of humanist scholars

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Cacao fruits (Theobroma cacao), woodcut

Cacao fruits (Theobroma cacao), woodcut
Historical woodcut illustration of the fruit and leaves of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). The caco tree is native to the tropical region of the Americas, but is now widely cultivated

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Night sky

Night sky. At centre is the head of the constellation Taurus (sideways v shape), above this is the Pleiades open star cluster. The bright object at centre left is Venus

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon

Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Aragon
Alfonso the Magnanimous (1396-1458), King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica. Alfonso was born at Medina del Campo, son of Ferdinand I of Aragon

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Geoffrey Chaucer, English author and poet

Geoffrey Chaucer, English author and poet
Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1343-1400), English author and poet. Chaucer was born in London, but little is known of his early life

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest

Thomas Aquinas, Italian priest
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Dominican priest, theologian, philosopher and saint. Aquinass work on Scholasticism, the attempt to reconcile Christianity with Aristotelian philosophy

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Johann Faust, German printer

Johann Faust, German printer
Johann Fust (c.1400-1466), German printer. Fust came from a wealthy family in Mainz. Fust was associated with Johann Gutenberg

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet

Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet
Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), Italian poet. Petrarch was born at Arezzo although his family soon after moved to Avignon. He was educated at Montpellier, where he studied law, and Bologna

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Fogbow

Fogbow over standing stones. Fogbows occur when the water droplets in the air are less than half a millimetre in size. Larger droplets would create a rainbow. Photographed in Brittany, France

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician

Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician
Leonardo Fibonacci (c.1170-c.1250), Italian mathematician. Fibonacci travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean world and studied under leading Arab mathematicians

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist

Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist
Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1724), English physicist. Newton was born at Woolsthorpe Manor in Lincolnshire and was educated at Grantham and at Trinity College Cambridge

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Konrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist

Konrad Gessner, Swiss naturalist
Konrad Gessner (1516-1565), Swiss naturalist. Gessner was born in Zurich, the son of a furrier. After the death of his father

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: William Shakespeare, English playwright

William Shakespeare, English playwright
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English playwright. Shakespeare was born at Straford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway when he was 18

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Henry VIII, King of England

Henry VIII, King of England (1491-1547). Henry was the second Tudor monarch, ascending the throne on the death of his father Henry VII in 1509

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest

Girolamo Savonarola, Italian priest
Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian priest and opponent of the Renaissance. Savonarola was born at Ferrara and studied at the university there

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher

Saint Albertus Magnus, German philosopher
Saint Albertus Magnus (1193-1280), German philosopher. Albertus was born at Lauingen and educated at Padua where he studied Aristotle. In 1223 he became a Dominican and studied theology at Bologna

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Spirogyra conjugation, light micrograph

Spirogyra conjugation, light micrograph
Spirogyra algae. Differential interference contrast micrograph of Spirogyra sp. algae after conjugation, a form of sexual reproduction

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Water clock, design from 1646

Water clock, design from 1646
Water clock. Design for a water clock taken from Kirchers Ars magna lucis et umbrae, printed at Rome in 1646

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Concentrating sunlight, 17th century

Concentrating sunlight, 17th century
Concentrating sunlight. Illustration showing various methods of concentrating sunlight in order to ignite some material. The main illustration depicts a lens mounted on a castle turret being used to

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: William I, Prince of Orange

William I, Prince of Orange (1533-1584), founder of the House of Orange. William was born in Nassau as son of the Count of Nassau

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Francis Drake, English explorer

Francis Drake, English explorer
Sir Francis Drake (c.1540-1596), English navigator and privateer. Drake was born in Devon, the eldest of twelve children. At thirteen he went to sea and by 20 was a captain

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Building the Tower of Babel, 14th century

Building the Tower of Babel, 14th century
Building the Tower of Babel. According to Genesis the people of the Earth built a tower to scale heaven. God intervened and punished them for their presumption by destroying the tower

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Synura golden-brown algae

Synura golden-brown algae
Golden-brown algae. Differential interference contrast micrograph of two Synura uvella golden-brown algae colonies. Each cell has two flagella (long hair-like structures)

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician

Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician
Leonardo Fibonacci statue. The Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (c.1170-c.1250) travelled widely throughout the Mediterranean world and studied under leading Arab mathematicians

Background imageImages Dated 19th April 2010: Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar

Daniel Heinsius, Dutch poet and scholar
Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), Dutch poet and scholar. Heinsius was born a Ghent and educated at Franeker where he studied law. In 1598 he settled at Leiden where he joined the university faculty



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