Submitted by cristinaneagu on Tue, 2015-12-01 10:33
An exhibition to mark the 350th anniversary of the publication of Robert Hooke's Micrographia, the first book of microscopy. The event is organized at Christ Church, where Hooke was an undergraduate from 1653 to 1658, and includes a lecture by the science historian Dr Allan Chapman.
Dr Chapman is a historian of science at Oxford University with a special interest in the history of astronomy. He is the author of 13 books and over 130 journal articles, and has made several television programmes. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and a founder member and President of the Society for the History of Astronomy.
The exhibition ran from 5 November 2015 to 15 January 2016, and was curated by Allan Chapman and Cristina Neagu.
