Medieval thinking meets modern research

Imagine being able to step back in time and see how a great mind of the past understood our world, or experience how food and drink tasted hundreds of years ago. Well, research led by Durham University is allowing people to do just that. Ordered Universe is an international research project led by us, looking at medieval scientific writings with a new, modern understanding. Determined to reveal the wonders of medieval science and culture to more people, the project team is sharing its research in new, interactive ways. Lighting up California. In January the team took part in the Napa Lighted Art Festival in California, USA. They worked with creative projection experts The Projection Studio on a digital artwork, which explored human understanding of our place in the Universe, including the ground-breaking works of English medieval scientist Robert Grosseteste.