#microscipe

[cissa-calls]

“Oh - kids. You can’t control ‘em. No matter how hard you try” *sniffles*

…Was this a genuine reaction from Agatha? Was she actually thinking about Nick?

[valentinahogdahlholm]

Apollo

I will never be a young blond god, Zeus blood under shining skin. Lightning through body, collected in fingertips. And the sky falls on command, Beautiful scene to the notes of laughter rining in deep notes through your chest.

Lyre tuned after them, godly music dancing after fingers.

And I am the muse of drama which played the scenes your hand directs, Singing a choire to your song

Halocrowned, white as marble, every bloodstain as a scream.

Skin and hair captures your golden shine and reflecting in silver.

Every one of the sun's word imprinted in my being, every microscipic tiwtch and shaking of fingers. Waiting for a golden kiss.

Makes the chicken-skin light up the night. Worshipped like the saint of luck, gone in the morning light. Falling between Apollo's golden lips.

Their first notes an enchantment while I fade, Faded, Apollos invisible shadow.

//

Jag kommer aldrig vara en ung blond gud, Zeus blod under skinande hud. Blixten genom kroppen, ansamlas ut i fingertopparna. Och himelenen rämnar på kommando, Vacker scen tonsatt till skrattet som klingar ur ditt bröst i djupa toner. 

Lyran stämd efter dem, gudomlig musik dansar efter fingrarna. 

Och jag är dramatikens musa som spelar de scener din hand regisserar, Sjunger på gehör i kör till din sång, Tonsätter blixten och åskans pjäs, jakt efter varandra över natthimmelen. Gloriakrönt, vit som marmor, varje blodfläck för sig känd genom ett gällt sri. 

Huden och håret fångar ditt gyllene sken och reflekterar det i silver. 

Vartenda av solens ord ristat i min varelse varenda mikroskopiska ryck och skakning i fingrarna. 

Väntades på en gyllene kyss, 

Får den knoittriga ytan att skina i natten. Dyrkad som ett turens helgon, försvunnet när morgonen gryr. Faller mellan Apollos gyllene läppar

Deras första troner en förtrollning medan jag bleks mot dess ljusa toner. Suddad, Apollos osynliga skugga. 

[uwmspeccoll]

The Spectacle of Nature: Robert Hooke’s Micrographia 

One of the most groundbreaking books in the formation of Western science is English polymath Robert Hooke’s Micrographia, printed in 1665 by John Martyn and James Allestry, printers to the Royal Society. It is considered to be the first major work on microscopy, the practice of using microscopes to view objects that would otherwise be invisible to the naked eye. There were new advancements in lenses during the 17th century which led to the development of optical instruments like telescopes and microscopes. The book was extremely popular and influential during Hooke’s life and continues to be through the present day.  

Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a founding member of The Royal Society, a British academic institution dedicated to the advancement of scientific knowledge. In 1662, Hooke was appointed “Curator of Experiments” to the Royal Society. Hooke was involved in many scientific debates during his day, and most notably accused his rival Isaac Newton of plagiarism. Hooke asserted that he was the first to publish the discovery of the inverse square law of gravitational attraction which was a theoretical cornerstone of Newton’s Principia Mathematica (which we hold at UW-Milwaukee Special Collections). While the scientific community sided with Newton, Hooke can still be credited with a number of mathematical and mechanical inventions, including Hooke’s Law, an equation that describes elasticity.

The book we are highlighting today is Robert Hooke’s Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses. With Observations and Inquiries Thereupon. It contains thirty-eight copperplate engravings based on Hooke’s own drawings from his observations made using a microscope. The illustrations range from detailed drawings of a flea, the eyes of a fly, blue mold, diamonds, ice crystals, and other minute specimens Hooke saw through a microscope. The book also includes astronomical observations of stars and moons made through use of a telescope.

Micrographia perfectly represents the spirit of the series “The Spectacle of Nature” because there is a true sense of wonderment in the illustrations. It is easy to imagine how dazzling it would be to see something new in nature, like the structure of a fly’s eye, which had previously been invisible to the naked eye.  Many of the illustrations fold out to be more than twice the size of the book, which only adds to the spectacular display.

I saw Micrographia in person at UW-Madison's Special Collections. Unfortunately, we do not have it here at UW-Milwaukee Special Collections, but we do have several microscopy books by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek who was greatly inspired by Hooke.  

There are several digitized copies of Micrographia online, including from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. There is an online version presented by the Royal Society that mimics the experience of flipping through the pages of Micrographia.

View more posts in The Spectacle of Nature series!

–Sarah, Special Collections Senior Graduate Intern

[annabelle--cane]

I want to put s4 martin under a microscipe and inspect him with lab implements

[butterflies-and-bumble-bees]

I am (once again) covered in microscipic cactus barbs because I am dumb and it "doesn't look like it had any spikey bits"...

[somecreativecc]

Hey! I think it's fantastic you've managed to make a regular sized microscope. Since you said to let you know if we find any issues, when I tried it in my game, after the Sim finished the animation loop once, her arm would glide through the object to starting the loop again. Keep up the fantastic work!

Thank you! I will look into it and see if I might need to reposition the microscipe itself. Because the animation is based off of the child's animation for the science table, it can be a bit funky.

[probablybicoid]

So i am working on serting up a fluorescent microscope in our school and have the task of figuring out how to run the machine and its software using two complex manuals without any knowledge of microscipe techniques such as lighting, contrast, etc. Yesterday i was fiddling around with it and figured out how to z stack images to make 3d and 2.5d pictures and i screamed. They looked so wonderful. I spent the next hour running around the science building grabbing as many premade slides as i could hust to see what they looked like. It was the best moment of my life.

[bumgall]

Oh, I don't mind and I'm not looking for disagreements. I just wanted to make sure I understood the context of your replies. I get from where your coming, so any microscipic sentiments of irksomeness have henceforth disappeared. Thanks for the explanation.

As a hero’s apprentice you knew that the training would be grueling, but you didn’t expect the hero to be actively trying to kill you during your drills. After sixteen months of torturous training you’ve finally snapped and have decided to kill the hero however you can.

[kevinjona4]

Biotech stocks jump after drugmakers show positive cancer data at ASCO Microscipic view of pancreatic cancer cells. Stocktrek Images | Getty Images Biotech stocks jumped Monday after pharmaceutical companies presented some positive drug trial results on experimental medicines that give hope for breakthrough treatments for a number of the world's toughest cancers.

[alwaysfantasticdinosaur-blog]

Biotech stocks jump after drugmakers show positive cancer data at ASCO Microscipic view of pancreatic cancer cells. Stocktrek Images | Getty Images Biotech stocks jumped Monday after pharmaceutical companies presented some positive drug trial results on experimental medicines that give hope for breakthrough treatments for a number of the world's toughest cancers.

[dubxrockyx07]

Gay People Overly Sexualized?

Gay people arn't overly sexualized. Their sexual lives are put under a microscipe because that's all people want to see. Straight people are just as sexual as gay people but because straight is the norm it's okay for them to be very sexual but still consider themselves to be wholesome people. They think gay people can't love but only lust for one another but really that's how most relationships start now adays. Gay or Straight you want somebody because they are physically appealing to your eyes but just because somebody is sexually appealing to you one night doesn't mean that attraction to them will dissipate the next day. Love takes time to grow and mature. Sometimes you need lust in order to get to love.