FROM NATURE TO HUMANITY In the 1700s, French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille began naming newly discovered constellations after human inventions. Looking through his telescope, he identified patterns among the stars and gave them names. One became Horologium, honoring Christiaan Huygens and the pendulum. Another became Microscopium, after the microscope. Of the seventy constellations recognized at… read more
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