16 Harvard Science Review • spring 2010

photo featureHighlights of Harvard Science Exhibits

As a special addition to this issue, Harvard Science Review photographers shine a light on scientific exhibits-- both historical and dynamic-- that are available for public viewing on the Harvard campus.

Putnam Gallery of Historical Science InstrumentsTop right: A historical model of the eyes showing how images can be projected onto the retina.

Bottom: A model of the brainstem, made of pieces of rocks, displaying the nerve fibers in one hemisphere and the cerebral ganglion masses in the other, circa 1890. [Photos by Lucie Guo, Jan. 2010]

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photo featureLeft: A rack of instruments used in logical circuits of a high-energy physics experiments, from the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory, circa 1980-1984. A cyclotron accelerates charged particles with an alternating magnet field. When a high energy beam collided with a target, it scattered particles and photons that were then detected and analyzed by logical devices.

Putnam Gallery of Historical Science InstrumentsTop right: A historical model of the eyes showing how images can be projected onto the retina.

Bottom: A model of the brainstem, made of pieces of rocks, displaying the nerve fibers in one hemisphere and the cerebral ganglion masses in the other, circa 1890. [Photos by Lucie Guo, Jan. 2010]

Top right: A transit circle made in 1846, which established the meridian and longitude of Harvard Observatory. The measurements were so accurate that in 1895, Cambridge became the reference point for the Western hemisphere!

Bottom: A mechanical model of the solar system, which Harvard acquired in 1788. This grand orrery is surrounded by bronze figures of Isaac Newton, Ben Franklin, and James Bowdoin.[Photos by Lucie Guo, Jan. 2010]

Putnam Gallery of Historical Science Instruments

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Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University

Top: The pink fruits of koelreuteria paniculata, whose resemblance to Chinese lanterns earned the plant its name as the “Rose Lantern.” Each “lantern” encapsulates several seeds.

Right: The blue fruits (each surrounded by a red calyx) of the clerodendrum trichotomum, also known as the harlequin glorybower.

Bottom: The many colors of fall foliage at the arboretum.

[Photos by Anna Shneidman, Oct. 2009]

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Harvard Museum of Natural HistoryTop: Display of a pteranodon, a flying reptile from the Late Cretaceous period.Right: Skeletal casts of a human and a close relative, the common chimpanzee.Bottom right: A collection of colorful butterflies at the museum.Bottom left: Display of a triceratop, with display of a large kronosaurus in the background.[Photos by Lucie Guo, Jan. 2010]

Harvard YardLeft: Specimen excavated by students of the “Archeology of Harvard Yard” class, during the discovery of the site of the Indian College.[Photo by Lauren Schumacher, Fall 2010]

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