#history-of-science

#history-of-science

"Henry Guerlac was a rock star of the history of science - absolutely hugely important... He's a big part of Cornell's history in the post-war period."

The exhibition uses historical artifacts from the museum's collection and a variety of loaning institutions to tell the story of colonial measurements.

The Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions was the first journal to establish peer review, creating a vital process that has evolved over 200 years.

In the 1500s, Santorio Santorio created a weighing chair to monitor his body weight dynamically, proposing that balance of food intake and bodily discharge maintained health.