Getting geared up for my trip to Berlin tomorrow to look at some #EarlyModern screws 🔩 😍 🗃️ #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM
March 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Getting geared up for my trip to Berlin tomorrow to look at some #EarlyModern screws 🔩 😍 🗃️ #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM
I'll be examining various 15th-18thc objects (clocks, locks, astrolabes, sundials, astronomical compendia & microscopes) through hands-on engagement, various kinds of analyses, as well as historical reconstruction. In other words: I'll be making screws! 🔩 #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HisSTM 🗃️
November 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I'll be examining various 15th-18thc objects (clocks, locks, astrolabes, sundials, astronomical compendia & microscopes) through hands-on engagement, various kinds of analyses, as well as historical reconstruction. In other words: I'll be making screws! 🔩 #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HisSTM 🗃️
Looks good for #hisSTM too
Now published OA! You can download the book here: library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
Thanks @amsterdamupress.bsky.social & @erikagaffney.bsky.social & congratulations Nuno Vila-Santa! 👏👏👏 #seafever #history
Thanks @amsterdamupress.bsky.social & @erikagaffney.bsky.social & congratulations Nuno Vila-Santa! 👏👏👏 #seafever #history
July 9, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Looks good for #hisSTM too
🚨 The Making & Knowing Project🦎 released an open-access "Research & Teaching Companion" for instructors & students seeking to use hands-on activities in their teaching, incl. syllabi, lesson plans, student projects, & more:
shorturl.at/8AJYP
#earlymodern #histsci #arthistory #medievalsky #hisSTM 🗃️
shorturl.at/8AJYP
#earlymodern #histsci #arthistory #medievalsky #hisSTM 🗃️
September 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
🚨 The Making & Knowing Project🦎 released an open-access "Research & Teaching Companion" for instructors & students seeking to use hands-on activities in their teaching, incl. syllabi, lesson plans, student projects, & more:
shorturl.at/8AJYP
#earlymodern #histsci #arthistory #medievalsky #hisSTM 🗃️
shorturl.at/8AJYP
#earlymodern #histsci #arthistory #medievalsky #hisSTM 🗃️
TOMORROW: a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social, @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
May 26, 2026 at 10:09 AM
TOMORROW: a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social, @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
Oxford delivering…and then some! ❤️
I walked into the history of science for a quick look at their collections, only to find out they are having an object handling session…*without* gloves! 🧤
Fortunate enough to look at a beetle’s eye through two 19thC microscopes (one made by Ross)🔬 #HisSTM 🗃️📜🏛️
I walked into the history of science for a quick look at their collections, only to find out they are having an object handling session…*without* gloves! 🧤
Fortunate enough to look at a beetle’s eye through two 19thC microscopes (one made by Ross)🔬 #HisSTM 🗃️📜🏛️
September 24, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Oxford delivering…and then some! ❤️
I walked into the history of science for a quick look at their collections, only to find out they are having an object handling session…*without* gloves! 🧤
Fortunate enough to look at a beetle’s eye through two 19thC microscopes (one made by Ross)🔬 #HisSTM 🗃️📜🏛️
I walked into the history of science for a quick look at their collections, only to find out they are having an object handling session…*without* gloves! 🧤
Fortunate enough to look at a beetle’s eye through two 19thC microscopes (one made by Ross)🔬 #HisSTM 🗃️📜🏛️
Trying so hard to not shout BUT OUR BOOK COVER IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY POINT YOU ALL TO THE MOST GRATIFYING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EVER. @emilypawley.bsky.social
Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
#envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians
Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
#envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians
A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World
The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...
mitpress.mit.edu
September 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Trying so hard to not shout BUT OUR BOOK COVER IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY POINT YOU ALL TO THE MOST GRATIFYING COLLABORATIVE PROJECT EVER. @emilypawley.bsky.social
Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
#envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians
Head over on Nov 17th for the OA version &/or NOW to preorder it: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
#envhist #envhum #hisSTM #skystorians
Daniel Kahneman has died.
“We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know.”
#PhilSci #econsky #HisSTM 🦋🦫🧪
“We're blind to our blindness. We have very little idea of how little we know. We're not designed to know how little we know.”
#PhilSci #econsky #HisSTM 🦋🦫🧪
Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90
He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Help! Parton Community Council has 60 days to raise £70k to buy Parton Kirk (resting place of James Clerk Maxwell). They plan to turn it into a visitor centre celebrating our great hero! The other buyers could turn it into long-term storage 😬 Even £5 would help 🙏🧪⚛️
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
September 5, 2026 at 5:14 PM
#Skystorians, esp. historians of science, astrology & astronomy: This may be revealing of my ignorance, but were zodiac signs "standardized" in #EarlyModern Europe? I.e. were the symbols for, for instance, gemini, aries, libra, the same across place & time? Or were there variations? #HistSci #HisSTM
June 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
#Skystorians, esp. historians of science, astrology & astronomy: This may be revealing of my ignorance, but were zodiac signs "standardized" in #EarlyModern Europe? I.e. were the symbols for, for instance, gemini, aries, libra, the same across place & time? Or were there variations? #HistSci #HisSTM
bna bağırıyorsun gbi hisstm
August 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM
bna bağırıyorsun gbi hisstm
I recently joined the Scientific Instrument Society and they sent me one of their recent bulletins as a welcoming gift. I am so pleased to open it and to see @stephenaj.bsky.social's article on Astrolabes on the first page ❤️ #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM 🗃️
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I recently joined the Scientific Instrument Society and they sent me one of their recent bulletins as a welcoming gift. I am so pleased to open it and to see @stephenaj.bsky.social's article on Astrolabes on the first page ❤️ #EarlyModern #MedievalSky #HistSci #HistTech #HisSTM 🗃️
Next in our seminar, a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social.
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
May 18, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Next in our seminar, a roundtable on public engagement, history, and the study of STM in history with @caitjan.bsky.social @davidedgerton.bsky.social and @chrismanias.bsky.social.
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
🗓️ 27 May, 15.00-16.30
📍 Strand Campus
#histsci #histtech #histmed #hisstm
@kingshistory.bsky.social
Publication pertinente pour celleux qui s'intéresse à la construction du corps. #hisSTM
(Parution) Eugénisme au Japon : Politiques et droit de 1868 à 1996 histoiresante.blogspot.com/2024/11/euge... #histSTM
November 14, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Publication pertinente pour celleux qui s'intéresse à la construction du corps. #hisSTM
Our colonial history project of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts @knaw-nl.bsky.social made it into the @timeshighered.bsky.social l! #highered #academicsky #hisstm #colonialhistory
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
Dutch probe of colonial science ‘about present as much as past’
Researchers hope examining history of scientific academy can help create a more ‘just’ organisation in the modern day
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Our colonial history project of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences and Arts @knaw-nl.bsky.social made it into the @timeshighered.bsky.social l! #highered #academicsky #hisstm #colonialhistory
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/dutch-p...
AusSTS conference, Melbourne, July 9-11, 2025 - call for papers open now till March 14. Intriguing theme of signals and noise, carefully framed but surprisingly leaving out Michel Serres ... & John Cage for that matter
#STS #hisstm @4sonline.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
@aussts.bsky.social
#STS #hisstm @4sonline.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
@aussts.bsky.social
Call for Proposals: AusSTS 2025 Conference
The Call for Proposals for the AusSTS 2025 conference, to be held in Narrm/ Melbourne from 9-11 July, is now open. We invite submissions for presentations, posters, making and doing sessions, pre-s…
aussts.org
February 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
AusSTS conference, Melbourne, July 9-11, 2025 - call for papers open now till March 14. Intriguing theme of signals and noise, carefully framed but surprisingly leaving out Michel Serres ... & John Cage for that matter
#STS #hisstm @4sonline.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
@aussts.bsky.social
#STS #hisstm @4sonline.bsky.social @sthv.bsky.social
@aussts.bsky.social
On my way to #ESEH2025 in Uppsala. Happy to chair two sessions and present on history of German weather & climate science. Took the train via Hamburg/Copenhagen, and very happy that I had time to do slow travel. A bit sad because the train before us hit an elk.😭 #envhis #hisstm
August 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Hurrah! Tagging @themerl.bsky.social into the #envhums #envhist #hisSTM feeds; 📜🗃️ for #museums and #historians; also some opportunistic #agriculture #rural hashtags for good measure
we came,
we saw,
in fact we saw a lot of people actually
(thank you for waiting for us!!!),
we posted
we saw,
in fact we saw a lot of people actually
(thank you for waiting for us!!!),
we posted
They’re here!
October 17, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Hurrah! Tagging @themerl.bsky.social into the #envhums #envhist #hisSTM feeds; 📜🗃️ for #museums and #historians; also some opportunistic #agriculture #rural hashtags for good measure
A serious candidate for the most unfortunate astronomer of all times. Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière born September 12, 1725 #histsci #hisSTM #HistoryOfAstronomy
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/b...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/b...
September 12, 2023 at 6:15 AM
A serious candidate for the most unfortunate astronomer of all times. Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean-Baptiste Le Gentil de la Galaisière born September 12, 1725 #histsci #hisSTM #HistoryOfAstronomy
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/b...
thonyc.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/b...
🚨 Interesting upcoming lecture by Zsolt G. Török, with Petra Svatek as a discussant:
"Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography: Making Maps and Imaging Germany"
📍Berlin and on Zoom
🗓️ 6 March, 2025
🕒 6:00PM CET
🔗 www.bbaw.de/veranstaltun...
#HistSci #EarlyModern #HisSTM 🗃️
"Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography: Making Maps and Imaging Germany"
📍Berlin and on Zoom
🗓️ 6 March, 2025
🕒 6:00PM CET
🔗 www.bbaw.de/veranstaltun...
#HistSci #EarlyModern #HisSTM 🗃️
Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography: Making Maps and Imaging Germany
Sebastian Münster’s “Cosmographia”, first published in 1544, became the most influential cosmography of the 16th century, making complex geographical knowledge accessible to a broad audience.
www.bbaw.de
March 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🚨 Interesting upcoming lecture by Zsolt G. Török, with Petra Svatek as a discussant:
"Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography: Making Maps and Imaging Germany"
📍Berlin and on Zoom
🗓️ 6 March, 2025
🕒 6:00PM CET
🔗 www.bbaw.de/veranstaltun...
#HistSci #EarlyModern #HisSTM 🗃️
"Sebastian Münster’s Cosmography: Making Maps and Imaging Germany"
📍Berlin and on Zoom
🗓️ 6 March, 2025
🕒 6:00PM CET
🔗 www.bbaw.de/veranstaltun...
#HistSci #EarlyModern #HisSTM 🗃️
🚨 Call for proposals for "Experimental History of Science Workshop" at University College London (25 April, 2025)
#histsci #STS #hisSTM 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
#histsci #STS #hisSTM 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Call for Proposals: Experimental History of Science Workshop, UCL, 25 April 2025 | H-Net
(please share and circulate. cheers, JA) Experimental History of Science Workshop 25 April 2025, University College London
networks.h-net.org
October 29, 2024 at 5:34 PM
🚨 Call for proposals for "Experimental History of Science Workshop" at University College London (25 April, 2025)
#histsci #STS #hisSTM 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
#histsci #STS #hisSTM 🗃️
networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
Reminds me of the #EarlyModern tower roof of the Pilatushaus in Nuremberg (across from Albrecht Dürer’s house)—built in 1489 by the armorer Hans Grünewald. Parts of the roof, including some of the painted wood survived the war. Sadly it is now closed to the public #HisSTM 🗃️
September 10, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Reminds me of the #EarlyModern tower roof of the Pilatushaus in Nuremberg (across from Albrecht Dürer’s house)—built in 1489 by the armorer Hans Grünewald. Parts of the roof, including some of the painted wood survived the war. Sadly it is now closed to the public #HisSTM 🗃️
Earlier this week we shared the news that digitization of physicist John Wheeler's notebooks had been completed. This also included some of his student report cards. As you can see, he was doing "excellent" work even in second grade! #hisSTM #historyofscience #physics
February 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Earlier this week we shared the news that digitization of physicist John Wheeler's notebooks had been completed. This also included some of his student report cards. As you can see, he was doing "excellent" work even in second grade! #hisSTM #historyofscience #physics
What does a British teashop have to do with the history of computing? In 1884, Joseph Lyons founded a teashop in Piccadilly, London. By 1939, Lyons had 250 locations around the UK and employed 30,000 people, including 1,500 in accounting to support the supply chains & logistics.. 🧵 #Histtech #HisSTM
November 26, 2024 at 11:48 AM
What does a British teashop have to do with the history of computing? In 1884, Joseph Lyons founded a teashop in Piccadilly, London. By 1939, Lyons had 250 locations around the UK and employed 30,000 people, including 1,500 in accounting to support the supply chains & logistics.. 🧵 #Histtech #HisSTM
Goed wetenschapshistorisch zomernieuws! Ons onderzoeksconsortium mag het koloniale verleden van de Akademie onderzoeken! #hisstm #historici www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-...
KNAW laat eigen koloniale verleden onderzoeken door breed consortium - KNAW
Het interdisciplinair team van onderzoekers 'Koloniale macht en kennis' start in september 2025 een groot onderzoek naar het koloniale verleden van de KNAW.
www.knaw.nl
August 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Goed wetenschapshistorisch zomernieuws! Ons onderzoeksconsortium mag het koloniale verleden van de Akademie onderzoeken! #hisstm #historici www.knaw.nl/nieuws/knaw-...