Tuesday, August 03, 2010
A history of the history of science blog carnival, or rather, a survey. Like more traditional publication venues, historians of science don’t seem terribly active in producing on-line content.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 08/03 at 10:33 PM
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
The latest rant about engineers dabbling in the history of science. This time, an Italian mechanical engineer “reconstructs” Archimedes’ steam cannon, despite any evidence that they existed.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 07/20 at 10:55 PM
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Thursday, July 08, 2010
Melvyn Bragg, host of BBC Radio 4’s “In Our Time,” regularly examines topics in the history of science. His recent program on Pliny’s Historia naturalis joins a long list of such programs.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 07/08 at 10:07 PM
Thursday, June 24, 2010
A brief rant about the additional attention paid to the Suk and Tamargo article in which they claim to find various neuroanatomical structures in Michelangelo’s fresco in the Sistine Chapel.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/24 at 10:42 PM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
A quick note about two recent podcasts dealing with the history of science.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 06/15 at 10:25 PM
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Links in this week’s Smörgåsbord seem to fall conveniently into groups. Well represented are art and science and skepticism/denialism.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 05/30 at 09:46 AM
Friday, May 21, 2010
Jim Bennett, Simon Schaffer, and Patricia Fara discuss the Cavendish family on the latest “In Our Time,” on BBC Radio 4 with Melvin Bragg.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 05/21 at 06:11 AM
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Neil deGrasse Tyson takes his Pluto Files on the road and onto PBS. It is an entertaining show, but don’t expect Tyson to resolve the question of Pluto’s planetary status.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 03/03 at 10:30 PM
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Royal Mail has issued ten new stamps to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society. Each stamp features a different scientist.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/27 at 10:56 PM
Thursday, February 25, 2010
A quick pointer to The Royal Society’s series of podcasts on contemporary science and the history of science.
Posted by Darin Hayton on 02/25 at 03:04 PM