Thursday, May 30, 2013
May 30th - Brass and Besbroek
It was interesting to see the progression of microscope design over the turning centuries - how you could tell how old a microscope was by the amount of embellishment added to the instrument. Things got more utilitarian as they got more modern. Also, apparently everyone had decided that brass was a no go post 1900. Bresbroek was a pretty cool place as well. I'll definitely be needing one of those projection domes. I'm glad that one of the main topics was exo planets. I attended a conference last summer regarding the spitzer telescope and the likelihood of life supporting planets. Very cool.
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The differences between the microscopes was pretty insane and you could really tell whether it was meant for the wealthy or just a scientist.
ReplyDeleteIt was also interesting to see just how many knobs qnd dials can be physically shoved onto one microscope. Also, the keyboards at this hostel are throwing me off.
ReplyDeleteagreed
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