Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORĂ© DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
The refectory hall of Trinity College.
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The refectory hall of Trinity College.

Cloister at Trinity College where Sir Isaac Newton     
made many experiments on the reverberation of sound.
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Cloister at Trinity College where Sir Isaac Newton made many experiments on...

The Mathematical Bridge,over a canal of the river Cam, 
calculated by Sir Isaac Newton.The bridge is stabilized
by tension and has no nails.                           
Trinity College, Cambridge, England
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The Mathematical Bridge,over a canal of the river Cam, calculated by Sir Isaac...

Dining-room at the Greenwich observatory where Sir     
Isaac Newton often went to visit the director, Edmond  
Halley, the first person to observe the comet today    
called Halley's Comet.
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Dining-room at the Greenwich observatory where Sir Isaac Newton often went...

Octagonal room, Greenwich Observatory: instruments     
used during Isaac Newton's time. The prime meridian,   
represented by a green line painted on the floor, runs 
through this room.
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Octagonal room, Greenwich Observatory: instruments used during Isaac Newton...

Laboratory at the Technische Hochschule                
in Zurich with instruments dating from                 
the time when Albert Einstein studied there.
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Laboratory at the Technische Hochschule in Zurich with instrumen...

Room where Albert Einstein lived and completed         
his Theory of Relativity in Berne,Switzerland.         
His favorite pass-time was playing Mozart's music      
on the violin.
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Room where Albert Einstein lived and completed his Theory of Relativity...

Albert Einstein's desk in the patent-office            
where he prepared his Theory of Relativity.            
Bern, Switzerland
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Albert Einstein's desk in the patent-office where he prepared his Th...

Albert Einstein's study at the Institute               
for Advanced Studies in Princeton, USA,                
where he spent his last years.
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Albert Einstein's study at the Institute for Advanced Studies in...

Photograph of the eclipse of the sun in 1905.          
Picture taken at the Munich observatory shows          
Mercury next to the Sun instead of being hidden        
by the sun, proof of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
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Photograph of the eclipse of the sun in 1905. Picture taken at the Mun...

Interior of an atomic reactor, the glow of the         
"Tscherenkov blue", and Albert Einstein's formula      
E=mc 2.
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Interior of an atomic reactor, the glow of the "Tscherenkov blue", and...

Plexiglass model of the U-235 atom in action           
constructed for the Union Carbide Corporation          
of New York, U.S.A.
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Plexiglass model of the U-235 atom in action constructed for the Unio...