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8 09, 2024

Leonardo and the science of scent (Tim Brinkhof, Artnet)

By |2024-09-08T17:55:00-04:00September 8th, 2024|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Exhibits, History, Medicine, News, painting, science|0 Comments

Leonardo and the science of scent: a recent exhibit explores da Vinci's fascination with smell. From the article: Touted as a multi-sensory, olfactory experience, the exhibition shows that Leonardo got interested in perfumes after comparing the machinations of smell to those of sight and hearing. He collected commercially available perfumes, many of them made [...]

5 06, 2023

Roman legacy (Heritage Daily – Archaeology News)

By |2023-06-05T14:43:24-04:00June 5th, 2023|Academia, Arts, environment, Europe, Everything Else, History, Nature, News, science, Technology|0 Comments

Roman legacy: the seaside science of ancient concrete. From the article: Around A.D. 79, Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote in his Naturalis historia that concrete structures in harbors, exposed to the constant assault of the saltwater wave, become "a single stone mass, impregnable to the waves and every day stronger." He wasn’t exaggerating. While [...]

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