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Baroque Science: Early Modern Discoveries

15 November 2019, 12:00 pm–2:00 pm

Illustrations from a Baroque medical text, including a robed scientist reading a book on geometry and a naked, pregnant woman.

Baroque Science: Early Modern Discoveries’ is an informal, drop-in exhibition of rarely displayed early modern scientific books from UCL Special Collections.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Gesine Manuwald

Location

South Junction Reading Room
Wilkins Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

Part of the Being Human festival, ‘Baroque Science: Early Modern Discoveries’ is an informal, drop-in exhibition of early modern scientific books from UCL’s Special Collections that are seldom on display. The exhibition will give the public the chance to view famous scientific books in English and Latin which cover topics from physics, astronomy, and medicine. Experts will be on hand to discuss the contents and appearance of the books and their role in the development of science. Many of the discoveries detailed in these books are still relevant to us today and can help us understand current scientific endeavours.