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At #SummerScience we launched our latest @googlearts exhibit, looking at the history of scientific marine expeditions, from De Historia Piscium, the book that nearly bankrupted the Royal Society, to the transit of Venus. Take a look: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/fwXRbeZ5IMHbBg https://t.co/L5srAx6Uow

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Born #OnThisDay in 1656 was Edmond Halley FRS. He was the second Astronomer Royal, calculated the orbit and trajectory of his eponymous comet, and was key in persuading Isaac Newton to publish his Principia Mathematica: https://t.co/pmGdU5gteo https://t.co/UyNDcV8xou

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Born #OnThisDay in 1866 was Beatrix Potter. Best known for her children's books, including 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', Potter was also a skilled scientific illustrator, conservationist & mycologist, writing a paper on the germination of a family of fungi. https://t.co/bhENdVpSpn https://t.co/PAb2friFJD

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Robert Hooke FRS is known for his pioneering work in microscopy, but this plate from 'Micrographia' has subjects that are a little bigger: a study of the lunar surface, and the Pleiades star cluster: https://t.co/cv94dsjmhI https://t.co/I0SLvFPoQp

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A new exhibition at the Royal Society places the work of art critic John Ruskin in the context of 19th century developments in science and photography. Read the blog and find out more, including how to visit the exhibit in person: https://t.co/4cIZHJRuz9 https://t.co/4B1tKIhbMs

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Two starfish seem to enjoy reclining in a beam of sunlight in this illustration from Philip Henry Gosse's 'The aquarium: an unveiling of the wonders of the deep sea'. Gosse was a marine biologist who created the first public aquarium at London Zoo. https://t.co/7KtBS9QWsi https://t.co/qfigZLMna5

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The marine biologist Philip Henry Gosse FRS, inventor of the aquarium, was born #OnThisDay in 1810. Gosse created and stocked the first public aquarium at @zsllondonzoo, and his innovation led to a craze for aquariums in Victorian England. https://t.co/Ps1U2MGhjy

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Professor Peter Stott, whose book 'Hot Air' is on the shortlist for this year's Royal Society Science Book Prize, appeared on @guardian Science Weekly podcast to talk #COP27 and whether the 1.5 degree C target is still alive: https://t.co/13HiNeWlMS

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Born #OnThisDay in 1866 was Beatrix Potter. Best known for her children's books, including 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit', Potter was also a skilled scientific illustrator, conservationist & mycologist, writing a paper on the germination of a family of fungi. https://t.co/bhENdVpSpn https://t.co/PAb2friFJD

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This scene from Richard Lydekker FRS's 'The royal natural history' shows a bowhead whale set upon by orca. Though known as 'killer whales', orca are part of the dolphin family, and are known to prey on the great whales. #WorldWhaleDay https://t.co/Rx6lVV64ku https://t.co/tjXiN3cfOx