Thursday, December 23, 2010
A (belated) summary of Jonathan Seitz’s recent colloquium, along with an account of the discussion that followed. Jonathan’s colloquium confronted a number of historiographical issues about expertise and experts. It also showed that early modern talks can draw reasonable crowds.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/23 at 10:53 PM
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Sunday, December 19, 2010
The popular podcast, “The Stuff You Missed in History Class” offers an interesting case study in disseminating the history of science to a broad audience. There are lessons to be learned here, lessons to emulate and to avoid.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/19 at 10:42 PM
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Thursday, December 16, 2010
When Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto, he had to work hard at it. Now you can help find exoplanets in the comfort of your own home.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/16 at 10:28 PM
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Dude, let’s sequence the genomes of all the rock stars who died at age 27. (A tongue-in-cheek review of some recent stories in genomics and general science.)
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 12/16 at 10:17 AM
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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Maria Poruondo’s recent colloquium offered a new interpretation of a fresco cycle in the Royal Library at the Escorial—a belated report.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/11 at 11:56 AM
Friday, December 10, 2010
A video on the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator, is a beautiful piece of science communication.
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 12/10 at 08:12 AM
Friday, December 03, 2010
Brahe may have died, but speculations about how he died and who killed him seem to be alive and well these days (even proliferating). Such conjectures remain pointless. Further, they deny historical expertise and, at least in this instance, represent a secular form of hagiography.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/03 at 10:25 PM
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