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Trust the Science? – Misconceptions of How Science Works

November 2, 2022

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Islamic astronomer book page

Science is measurement Stacy Marks

Joseph Wright of Derby - Experiment with the Air Pump - WGA25892

Kenyon Cox - Study for "Science Instructing Industry" - 1983.114.17 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Flammarion Woodcut 1888 Color 2

Van Swanevelt, Herman - Italian Landscape with Bridge - Google Art Project

Design for The Magic Flute- The Hall of Stars in the Palace of the Queen of the Night, Act 1, Scene 6 MET DT214829

Clairin Walk in the Wood

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach - Asking the stars

Nicolaus Copernicus. Wood engraving by (I. G.). Wellcome V0001274

1661 Cellarius's chart illustrating a heliocentric model of the universe, as proposed by Nicolaus Copernicus

Walter Crane - Race of Hero Spirits Pass

Gerard Soest - Inspiration of an Artist - 49.1707 - Museum of Fine Arts

Scene from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' by John Simmons, 1873, watercolor

El genio y la inspiración by Julio Romero de Torres

The Evangelist Matthew Inspired by an Angel

Inspiración de Cristóbal Colón, por José María Obregón

Sir Alexander Fleming, Frs, the Discoverer of Penicillin Art.IWMARTLD4217

Aman-Jean Esiodo ispirato dalla Musa

Joseph Middeleer - Inspiration Enchanting angels

James Henry Moser - Self-Portrait - 1966.10.1 - Smithsonian American Art Museum

Thomas Doughty - Romantic Landscape with a Temple - 64.597 - Museum of Fine Arts

Edward Burne-Jones - Vesper, 1872-1873

LARGE TELESCOPE, ON TRUNNION TURN-TABLE

A Young Astronomer

Jan Matejko - Nicolaus Copernicus. Sketch to the Painting "Astronomer Copernicus, or Conversation with God" - MNK IX-25 - National Museum Kraków

Carl Spitzweg - The Astronomer (Stargazer) - c. 1860

Hendrick Heerschop - Een geleerde in zijn studeervertrek - 2508 (OK) - Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen

Johannes Vermeer - The Astronomer - WGA24685

Leonid Meteor Storm 1833

Frederic Church Meteor of 1860

Félix Parra - Galileo Demonstrating the New Astronomical Theories at the University of Padua - Google Art Project

Alfred Schwarzschild's "Truth"

Galileo facing the Roman Inquisition

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