Anniversaries

‘To all lovers and investigators of nature’: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717

2017 marks the 300th anniversary of the death of the German artist and entomologist Maria Sibylla Merian, one of the most celebrated natural scientists of… Read More »‘To all lovers and investigators of nature’: Maria Sibylla Merian, 1647-1717

Marvellous Merchiston: 400th anniversary of the death of the mathematician John Napier of Merchiston

4 April 2017
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Today is the 400th anniversary of the death of the mathematician John Napier of Merchiston, who died on the 4th April 1617. Widely regarded as… Read More »Marvellous Merchiston: 400th anniversary of the death of the mathematician John Napier of Merchiston

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