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Persis Berlekamp discusses the upcoming eclipse

Persis Berlekamp discusses the upcoming eclipse

August 15, 2017

Moon phases and eclipse illustrated by the great tenth-century scholar Al-Biruni. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Persis Berlekamp discusses with UChicago News the motif of the eclipse dragon in the 12th and 13th centuries and what it can tell us about what scientists at the time knew about the lunar eclipse. 

 

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Jill Shaw
Jill Shaw curates 'Van Gogh in America' at the Detroit Institute of Arts
1 November 2022
Image of the Concrete Book being x-rayed
Art and Science join in examining Wolf Vostell's 'Concrete Book'
25 October 2022
Stephanie Strother
Stephanie Strother co-curates 'Paul B. Moses: Trailblazing Art Historian'
20 October 2022
Image from the exhibition
Smart Museum's Monochrome Multitudes featured in WTTW
20 October 2022
Andrew Schachman
Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Artistic Team for Fifth Edition, Opening September 2023
16 October 2022
Pelletier
Chloé M. Pelletier Named Curator of European Art (Before 1800) at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
8 September 2022
tom mitchell
W.J.T. Mitchell's new book named Book of History of Photography of the Year (年度摄影史论图书)
22 August 2022
roko rumora
Roko Rumora Discusses the 'Jarring' use of Polychromy in the New York Times
17 August 2022
David Hartt photo
Congratulations to our 2021-22 PhD graduates!
7 July 2022

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