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Minimal Posters -  Five Great Mathematicians And Their Contributions.

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spaceplasma:

Wide-field image showing the region of WR 25 and Tr16-244

WR 25 and Tr16-244, on the left of the image, are located within the open cluster Trumpler 16. This cluster is embedded within the Carina Nebula, an immense cauldron of gas and dust that lies approximately 7500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Carina, the Keel.

Credit: NASA/ESA

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the-star-stuff:

Incredible Photographs of Fractals Found in the Natural World

Fractal is described or characterized as “self-similarity.” Self-similarity refers to the reiteration of a specific pattern where a fragment of the object, figure or illustration appears similar to the whole. This trait is observable in the fern leaf, rivers, galaxies, clouds, video feedback, crystal growth and financial markets.(1)

Here are some of the most stunning examples of these repeating patterns that look the same no matter how far you zoom in or out.

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jewsee92:

When Neuroscience becomes art.

Neuroanatomy and neuroscience were never so interesting, especially when you don’t have to “visualize” them on an atlas, but you can admire their beauty and perfect organization in an Asian sumi-e style.

These paintings represent, in order:

• Synaptogenesis - Formation of synapses between neurons, cells electrically excitable, that allows information’s transmission.
• Hippocampus - Important part of the limbic system, correlated to the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory. In Alzheimer’s disease, it is the main region of the brain to suffer damage and waste.
• Retina - A light-sensitive layer of the eye, with neurons interconnected by synapses.
• Cortex - The outer surface layer of the cerebrum, composed of gray matter. It is so advanced in humans that it is organized in “gyri”, achieving maximum mass with minimum volume. Cortex develops memory, attention, thought, language and consciousness.
• Neurons.

Neuroscience art is realized by Greg Dunn.

Photos Source: http://www.gregadunn.com/.

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tehaerenga:

jtotheizzoe:

A brilliant series of minimalist typographic tributes to scientists and their discoveries. I especially like the Copernicus one :)

Artwork by Kapil Ghagat (on Tumblr at bhagatkapil)

The Einstein one is particularly clever. :)

these are awesome! As in brilliant!

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khimara:

The Celestial Quilt – Sleeping Under the Stars

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the-star-stuff:

The Year’s Best Visualizations of Scientific Concepts

1. Title: ”X-ray micro-radiography and microscopy of seeds”

Credit: Viktor Sykora; First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, and Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University; Jan Zemlicka, Frantisek Krejci, and Jan Jakubek; Institute of Experimental and Applied Physics, Czech Technical University

2. Title: ”Connectivity of a Cognitive Computer Based on the Macaque Brain”

Credit: Emmett McQuinn, Theodore M. Wong, Pallab Datta, Myron D. Flickner, Raghavendra Singh, Steven K. Esser, Rathinakumar Appuswamy, William P. Risk, and Dharmendra S. Modha; IBM Research - Almaden

3. Title: ”Cerebral Infiltration”

Credit: Maxime Chamberland, David Fortin, and Maxime Descoteaux; Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab

4. Title: ”Self Defense”

Credit: Kai-hung Fung, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital (Hong Kong)

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Observatories Around the World

Astronomy is one of mankind’s oldest sciences. People gathered at Stonehenge as early as 2000 BCE for what archeologists believe was observation of the night sky; and advanced sites, such as Greek astronomer Hipparchos’ observatory at Rhodes, have been documented as early as 150 BCE. People often associate observatories with celestial observation for data analysis, but some observatories survey terrestrial events such as meteorology, geology, oceanography and volcanology.

Instagrammers have explored and photographed many of the world’s most beautiful celestial and terrestrial observatories, including several located at high altitudes atop volcanoes and mountains. Be sure to visit the following location pages to see more photographs of these incredible observatories:

• Mauna Kea Observatories, Hawaii
• Jungfraujoch Sphinx Observatory, Switzerland
• Griffith Observatory, California
• McDonald Observatory, Texas
• Pic du Midi de Bigorre, France
• Lick Observatory, California

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fictionaficionado:

SPACESHIP APPRECIATION

Take me out to the black
Tell them I ain’t comin’ back (☆)

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