Lynx
eyes of the lynx | multifaceted |
"Cesi and his friends took on the goal of understanding all of the
natural sciences, an emphasis that set the Lincei apart from the host
of 16th and 17th century Italian Academies, most of which were literary
anf antiquarian. They chose the name lynx because of the traditional
belief that those cats have unusually sharp vision." —
Accademia dei Lincei