On June 15, 1878, members of the San Francisco press gathered at a racetrack in Palo Alto, California, to witness a historic event. Eadweard Muybridge, an eccentric Englishman and photographer who ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Eadweard Muybridge and Auguste ... Development of photography by Daguerre and Fox Talbot.