Investigating the relationship between natural science and art in the early modern period through reconstructing observational instruments and the skills required to use them.

A project sponsored by Stanford Humanities Lab

See, for example:

the digital simulation of Galileo's Jovilabe - [link]

the reconstruction of Athanasius Kircher's magnetic clock - [link]

Core Personnel:

Michael John Gorman

Advisors:

Paula Findlen (History and STS)

Henry Lowood (Stanford Libraries)

Student Collaborators:

John Broich

Daniel Margocsy

Mo Khalil

Senthil Arun G.S.

Anna North

Steve Compton

Matt Garr

Adam Vollmer