June 2018 - Jennifer Tucker

Environmental History

History News Network: It’s No Downton Abby, But It’s Just as Much a Part of English History

In connection with a Royal visit to Widnes, in Cheshire, in the north west of Britain, to unveil the new Gateway bridge across the River Mersey, I reflect in History News Network about the history of the region’s chemical industry and efforts to curb industrial pollution. In the 1870s, it Read more…

By admin, 6 yearsJune 12, 2018 ago

Art, Scientific Discovery, and Visual Imagination

The New York Times: Do You Know What Lightning Really Looks Like?

I was quoted in a The New York Times story comparing artistic renderings of lightening with actual photographs of the dramatic weather phenomena. Offering context, I told the Times that the new work fits into a long history of scientists drawing a boundary between artistic and photographic representations of lightning Read more…

By admin, 6 yearsJune 11, 2018 ago