PACHSmörgåsbord

Govert Shilling: Pluto is Icy Chunk of Space Debris

Govert Shilling’s The Hunt for Planet X is the second review in my survey of the literature on Pluto. Unlike Weintraub, Shilling does not think Pluto deserves the status of planet. It seems that for Shilling, the IAU’s decision in 2006 was long overdue.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/20 at 10:49 PM
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A review of David A. Weintraub’s Is Pluto a Planet?

This is the first review of the literature on Pluto. Here I look at David Weintraub’s Is Pluto a Planet? Weintraub supports Pluto’s planetary status and is, probably, still upset that the IAU’s definition of a planet excludes Pluto.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/18 at 01:25 AM
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A literature review of Pluto

This post is the first in series of posts on Pluto, formerly known as a planet. I offer some background to why I am interested in Pluto and provide a sketch of the form this series of posts will take. I do not offer any opinion about the status of Pluto, at least not here.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/17 at 10:15 PM
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The ultimate blog post

Saying bye-bye to the PACHSmörgåsbord.

Posted by Anke on 12/14 at 12:24 PM

HoS Micropost: Charles Babbage’s “Difference Engine” at NPR

A quick pointer to a reconstruction of Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine, currently on display at the Computer History Museum and reported on at NPR.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 12/13 at 12:45 PM

December PASHoM meeting

Posted by tbartlow on 12/11 at 09:29 AM

HoS Micropost: The Antikythera Mechanism (redux)

Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/30 at 02:18 PM

History of Science and its broader public

Yet another post reflecting on the relationship between history of science and broader publics.

Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/24 at 12:43 AM

Desiderata

A wishlist for the history of science in and around Philadelphia.

Posted by Anke on 11/11 at 12:05 PM

HoS Micropost: Ten Inventions that Changed the World

Posted by Darin Hayton on 11/04 at 09:20 AM