Micrographia 350

A half-day symposium to mark the 350th anniversary of the publication of Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, thought to be the first handbook of microscopy, and also to applaud recent new developments in molecular-scale microscopy as recognised by the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the 2014 Centenary Prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

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Episode	Description	People	Date
On Closer Inspection: placing Hooke's Language under the Microscope	Dr Anna Camilleri English Fellow, Christ Church give a talk on the use language within Hooke's writings.	Anna Camilleri	9 October, 2015
Atomic-resolution Electron Microscopy for Chemistry: From Brain and Fancy to plainness of Observations	Professor Eiichi Nakamura, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo talks about innovations in microscopy.	Eiichi Nakamura	9 October, 2015
Christ Church in the Commonwealth: Hooke’s college	Judith Curthoys Archivist, Christ Church talks about Robert Hooke's time at Christ Church.	Judith Curthoys	9 October, 2015
Multi-dimensional Super Resolution Imaging	Dr Steven Lee Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge gives an insight into some modern microscopy innovations.	Steven Lee	9 October, 2015
Concluding remarks	Professor Dirk Aarts, Physical Chemistry Laboratory, Oxford and Chemistry Fellow, Christ Church gives the concluding remarks to the days talks.	Dirk Aarts	9 October, 2015
Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: 350 years on	Dr Allan Chapman Science Historian, Wadham College talks about Robert Hookes groundbreaking book Micrographia.	Allan Chapman	9 October, 2015

Micrographia 350

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