New York’s High Line: An Urban Wonder in a Former Industrial Zone
Photos from New York’s High Line: A Successful Rails-to-Trails Project in a Former Industrial Zone
Posted by Paul Halpern on 07/15 at 07:58 PM
PACHSmörgåsbord: Events
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
Thoughts on “Life, Sex, Death (and Food)”
A summary of last night’s Philadelphia Science Festival event, “Life, Sex, Death (and Food)” that took place at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. It was a great night of comedy and fun.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 04/27 at 01:40 PM
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Making History of Science Funny
This week historians of science will team up once again with comedians in an effort to make history of science amusing and engaging to a broader audience.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 04/22 at 12:46 PM
Thursday, February 09, 2012
Artifacts and Artists: E. Kessler on Astronomical Photos
Elizabeth Kessler spoke recently at Bryn Mawr College on how different artists have used astronomical photographs. It raised some interesting questions about how artifacts are created and then how they are used when removed from their initial context.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/09 at 12:23 PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Really? Demonology was a Science?
At the recent Science on Tap Jonathan Seitz prompted people to think more broadly about what constitutes a science, both in the past and the present. Demonology, he argued, was a science that tried to categorize and make sense of natural phenomena.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 10/11 at 09:52 AM
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Art, Science, and Historical Method
Rebecca Kamen gave a presentation on her sculpture and art, tracing her inspiration to old scientific illustrations. Her description of these illustrations and the uses to which she put them raise questions about how we use the past and for what ends.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 09/24 at 12:42 PM
Thursday, December 23, 2010
The Role of Experts in Identifying Witchcraft
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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Saturday, December 11, 2010
Biblical Natural Philosophy in the Royal Library at the Escorial
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
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Philadelphia story
The discovery of the Philadelphia chromosome in 1960 was a landmark in cancer research—and an illustration of the primitive state of human cytogenetics.
Posted by Nathaniel Comfort on 09/28 at 07:12 AM
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Distilling Ancient Greek Alchemy from the Manuscripts
Matteo Martelli’s recent Brown Bag Lecture at CHF offered a nice diversion from the more modern presentations. His project, to recover the contours of ancient Greek alchemy, raise some historigraphic issues.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 04/28 at 10:01 PM