Search Results for "mineralogy"
Ruskin's perspectives
history of scienceA new exhibition shows how mathematics was central to the work of the artist, writer and critic John Ruskin, as curator Professor Sandra Kemp explains.
Moles and diamonds
history of scienceClaire Conklin Sabel investigates a surprising entry in a Royal Society Journal Book index from the 1680s: 'Diamonds cast up by moles in April'.
Gems in the archives
history of scienceRoyal Society Lisa Jardine Grant recipient Claire Conklin Sabel hunts for 'Rich & precious Stones' in the Society's collections.