Wednesday, February 10, 2010
James Voelkel spoke this past Tuesday about recent efforts to produce on-line editions of Isaac Newton’s alchemical manuscripts. The project, “The Chymystry of Isaac Newton” is an ambitious history-of-science foray into digital humanities.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/10 at 10:58 PM
Thursday, February 04, 2010
The Civil War surgeon S. Wier Mitchell was one of the first physicians to study phantom limb syndrome. He collaborated with W.W. Keen and G.R. Morehouse at Turner’s Lane Hospital in Philadelphia (aka Stump Hospital). Their work formed the foundation for groundbreaking research on and understanding of neurological injuries.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/04 at 10:11 PM
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A quick summary of Stephen Johnston’s recent Brown Bag Lecture at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/27 at 04:00 PM
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Pennsylvania Medical Humanities Consortium meeting
19 & 20 May, 2010
Deadline for Proposals: 31 January 2010
Posted by Bonnie on 01/26 at 04:01 PM
Monday, January 25, 2010
Some quick thoughts on the undead science vs. religion debate and a pointer to a nice rebuttal of a recent version of it.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/25 at 12:56 PM
Sunday, January 24, 2010
A quick review of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s The Pluto Files. Tyson’s book, which just appeared in paperback, is readable, witty, and engaging. It will not, however, convince very many people that Pluto should not be counted amongst the planets.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/24 at 02:09 PM
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
The Philadelphia Area Seminar on History of Mathematics discussed Berkeley’s critique of calculus on January 21
Posted by tbartlow on 01/23 at 09:24 AM
Friday, January 22, 2010
The main point of this short post is to draw attention to some nice on-line exhibits at the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence. The museum is currently being renovated and will reopen as the “Museo Galileo,” which prompted the post’s title.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/22 at 11:35 AM
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
A quick pointer to an article about Matteo Ricci’s World Map from 1602, the first Chinese map to name the Americas. The map will be on display for the next three months.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/20 at 02:42 PM
Monday, January 18, 2010
If you prefer the style of the Guardian, they too have an article on Newton and his apple, and The Royal Society’s Turning the Pages™ gallery. This post also includes links to the British Library’s and the Wellcome Library’s Turning the Pages™ galleries.
UPDATE: This post now also includes a link to the New Scientist article about Newton’s apple.
UPDATE #2: Links to the articles in Scientific American and in the NY Times.
UPDATE #3: Now this is just silly—link to the BBC News story and to the History Today article.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 01/18 at 08:03 AM