This picture of a rare bakelite coffin in the London Science Museum’s plasticity exhibition is also an accidental recreation of the Victorian optical illusion known as Pepper’s Ghost. In one version of the illusion, an audience member stands in the coffin on a stage, and the rest of the audience watch as he gradually decays [...]
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Zoonomian is a science and technology blog inspired by the great polymath, lunar man, and author of the insightful ‘Zoonomia’ - Erasmus Darwin. It comprises personal writings, reports, and observations on a science and technology theme.About Dr Tim Jones
Since the mid 1980s, I've worked in university and industrial research, as a manager and editor in technology and environment for an international industry association, and held senior business development, strategy, and procurement posts in industry. I hold a PhD in chemical engineering from Birmingham University, an MBA from Warwick University Business School, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. In 2008, I left industry to focus full-time on my passion for science and technology, and to share that enthusiasm with others as a freelance science communicator. I live in London with my wife Erin.
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