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Art and science

Heavenly vistas

30 Oct 2019 Tushna Commissariat
Taken from the October 2019 issue of Physics World.

Tushna Commissariat reviews Cosmos: the Art and Science of the Universe by Roberta J M Olson and Jay M Pasachoff

Painting of a comet
Record-keeping Unidentified artist, comet reported in 1527, folio iii from the Augsburg Book of Miracles (Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch), c.1550, watercolour, gouache and black ink on paper. (George Abrams Collection – photo courtesy George Abrams Collection)
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