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Ruskin's perspectives

history of science
Sandra Kemp
25 July 2022
5 mins

A 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 science
Claire Conklin Sabel
18 April 2022
3 mins

Claire 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 science
Claire Conklin Sabel
04 January 2022
7 mins

Royal Society Lisa Jardine Grant recipient Claire Conklin Sabel hunts for 'Rich & precious Stones' in the Society's collections.