Monthly Archives: July 2010

minute bodies…

Micrgraphia, by the English physicist Robert Hooke (1635-1703), is the first book on observations of the natural world through microscopic and telescopic lenses. Continue reading

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back in the lab…

When you 3D X-ray a sprouting mung bean how do you keep it still and at the same time keep it from drying out? The difficulties sprouting a mung bean for 3D tomography is that they flip over when they turn their sprout down… Continue reading

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mung bean…

Without gravity, where do mungs direct their sprouts? In space, do they know what is up or down? Continue reading

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from the beginning…

I am a practicing visual artist who lives and works in Canberra. My background is in printmaking and my work is informed by the way scientific technology has influenced visual media and contemporary art. You can view more of my work at www.ericaseccombe.com.au. My application to Synapse Residency Program is based on the strength of the collaborative relationship I have already established with the ANU Department of Applied Mathematics in the School of Physical Engineering and Physics… Continue reading

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