Great to learn about a female scientist, through sadly having to battle #misogyny with her research partner:
"Instead, for a time, he favored the Expanding Earth hypothesis,[20][21] (now infamously) dismissing her explanation as "girl talk".[22]"
Great to learn about a female scientist, through sadly having to battle #misogyny with her research partner:
"Instead, for a time, he favored the Expanding Earth hypothesis,[20][21] (now infamously) dismissing her explanation as "girl talk".[22]"
We’re excited to announce our upcoming #Opioid #Archive National Symposium, Tues, May 6 – Thurs, May 8. Check out the lineup of speakers on topics including #HealthJournalism #HealthPolicy #HealthLaw #InformationScience #Archives #HistMed #ScienceHistory #VisualArt #LivedExperience https://oida-resources.jhu.edu/oida-national-symposium-2025/
This week's #NewBooks at the library: Second-hand copies of The Theory of #Evolution: Principles, Concepts, and Assumptions from The University of Chicago Press; An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the #Huxley Family from Allen Lane (sans dustjacket); and Mind Over Magma: The Story of #IgneousPetrology from @princetonupress #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #EarthSciences #Geology
This week's #NewBooks at the library: Two more copies of the #CharlesDarwin correspondence project, obtained via second-hand booksellers at very reasonable prices; Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution from @themitpress; and Diana Preston's The Evolution of Charles Darwin from Grove Press
Radical by Nature is out in paperback! This is an in-depth, intimate, and tremendously enjoyable biography of the long and remarkable life of Victorian naturalist #AlfredRusselWallace.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Evolution #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @bookstodon @princetonupress @princetonnature
The #AntikytheraMechanism: Data visualisation using #opensource and web-based #VR. See you next week at this year's #EVABerlin conference!
https://www.thomasweibel.ch/antikythera/
On this day in 1896, Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity by pure chance. While studying uranium salts, he found they emitted rays without any external energy source, revolutionizing science and opening doors to new discoveries. #ScienceHistory #Science
Edsger #Dijkstra
The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders
https://inference-review.com/article/the-man-who-carried-computer-science-on-his-shoulders
Showtime, witches and werewolves! Check out Meton, the virtual mechanical lunar phase and eclipse calculator!
Humboldt part 2! This admirably concise biography offers a factual and nuanced picture of Humboldt's life and work, and critically interrogates previous portrayals.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/02/11/book-review-alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Biography #AlexanderVonHumboldt #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @bookstodon @princetonupress @princetonnature
Humboldt part 1! The Invention of Nature is a delightful biography that paints a lively portrait of this ever-restless polymath, showing he was a force of nature.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Biography #AlexanderVonHumboldt #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @andrea_wulf @bookstodon
My idea of a good time: spending the weekend on the second part of this comparative review. Out soon on https://inquisitivebiologist.com
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Biography #AlexanderVonHumboldt #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @princetonupress @princetonnature
Heureka: Meton, my virtual mechanical moon phase calculator, now also tracks the Draconic period as well as solar and lunar eclipses. Meton will deviate by one day every 60.5 years (synodic) and every 21.2 years (draconic) respectively. Feel free to drop me a message for details.
Meton, my virtual mechanical moon phase calculator, features two more gearwheels and now also tracks the Draconic moon cycle. While the Synodic cycle is quite precise (1 day deviation in ~60 years), the Draconic cycle is very inaccurate (1 day deviation in 3 years). Any suggestions?
How did the Uruguayan research community shape insect neuroscience?
From chemical synapses to neural repair, our review honors 4 decades of groundbreaking innovation! @dprieto
https://www.ibroneuroscience.org/article/S0306-4522(25)00029-6/abstract
New review: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral? is a whip-smart book on the history of taxonomy that I ignored for far too long.
#Books #BookReview #Scicomm #Taxonomy #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci @bookstodon
This week's #NewBooks at the library: I was chuffed to now also find an affordable copy of #Dinosaurs: Past and Present, Volume 2! Second, The Art and Making of #Arcane: League of Legends. Loved the series and thought to myself "if they publish a book with artwork...". And more #Buffon. There aren't many biographies on him - this 1972 classic is one of two on my wishlist. #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Palaeoart #Biography #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon