Science on Tap
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Date:
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April 8, 2013
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Time:
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6:00 p.m.
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Location:
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National Mechanics
22 S. Third Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106 |
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Open to the Public |
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Fee:
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Free
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RSVP Online:
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No Registration Required
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Science on Tap is a monthly gathering that features a brief, informal presentation by a scientist or other expert followed by lively conversation.
The anamorphic skull in Hans Holbein’s painting The Ambassadors has been a subject of much debate and intrigue since the early Renaissance. Using computer-based image analysis and some historical detective work, Alex Boxer suggests that this famous skull was likely drafted according to a simple geometric scheme that appeared in print a few decades later. Join us as Alex Boxer presents “Hans Holbein and the Renaissance Technology of Perspective.”
About the Speaker
Alex Boxer has been trying his best to live with one foot in the sciences and one foot in the humanities. He has a Ph.D. in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he worked on a nuclear-fusion experiment, and a master’s degree in the history of science from Oxford University, where he wrote about Newtonian lecture demonstrations. Undergraduate studies were at Yale University, where he majored in both physics and classics. Alex currently works as an undersea analyst in Washington, D.C. In his spare time he makes history of science YouTube videos for his website Idols of the Cave.
Presented by CHF.
Open to the public (age 21+ or accompanied by chaperone 25 years or older).
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