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Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century.
with @[email protected]
@[email protected] & online (17-18.09.2026)
#histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan -
Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century.
with @[email protected]
@[email protected] & online (17-18.09.2026)
#histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan -
Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century.
with @[email protected]
@[email protected] & online (17-18.09.2026)
#histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan -
Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century.
with @[email protected]
@[email protected] & online (17-18.09.2026)
#histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan -
Thrilled to announce our upcoming symposium exploring the interconnected histories of medicine, science and technology in Japan, Korea and Taiwan in the 20th century.
with @[email protected]
@[email protected] & online (17-18.09.2026)
#histmed #histsci #eastasia #sts #japan #korea #taiwan -
He entered Oxford at twelve, coined "international," and spent six decades redesigning civilization. He spent sixty-three years on his body's afterlife. UCL still wheels him into meetings. The minutes list him as present but not voting.
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08-Sep: On this day in 1832, Charles Darwin observed gauchos using bolas. He later tried them out for himself, and managed to ensnare his own horse in the process… https://friendsofdarwin.com/articles/darwin-encounters-bolas/
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A gorgeous, lyrical essay by @[email protected]. If you're interested in literature, the history of science and technology, whales, or - of course - #StarTrek - you might love it, as I do.
#histsci
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He set out honey for cold bees, moved worms off the road, and asked a red-hot cautery iron to be courteous before it touched his face. Then, in 1220, Francis of Assisi walked out alone to negotiate with the wolf eating the town of Gubbio.
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I spoke with @[email protected] CEO Patrick Spero on the Useful Knowledge podcast! We discussed monster-thinking and first contact in #VastEarlyAmerica and in outer space.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
I spoke with @[email protected] CEO Patrick Spero on the Useful Knowledge podcast! We discussed monster-thinking and first contact in #VastEarlyAmerica and in outer space.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
I spoke with @[email protected] CEO Patrick Spero on the Useful Knowledge podcast! We discussed monster-thinking and first contact in #VastEarlyAmerica and in outer space.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
I spoke with @[email protected] CEO Patrick Spero on the Useful Knowledge podcast! We discussed monster-thinking and first contact in #VastEarlyAmerica and in outer space.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
I spoke with @[email protected] CEO Patrick Spero on the Useful Knowledge podcast! We discussed monster-thinking and first contact in #VastEarlyAmerica and in outer space.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
Découvrir une figure encore trop méconnue de l'histoire des mathématiques : la grande Sophie Germain (1776-1831) !
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-avoir-raison-avec-sophie-germain
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Découvrir une figure encore trop méconnue de l'histoire des mathématiques : la grande Sophie Germain (1776-1831) !
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-avoir-raison-avec-sophie-germain
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Découvrir une figure encore trop méconnue de l'histoire des mathématiques : la grande Sophie Germain (1776-1831) !
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-avoir-raison-avec-sophie-germain
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Découvrir une figure encore trop méconnue de l'histoire des mathématiques : la grande Sophie Germain (1776-1831) !
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-avoir-raison-avec-sophie-germain
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Découvrir une figure encore trop méconnue de l'histoire des mathématiques : la grande Sophie Germain (1776-1831) !
https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/serie-avoir-raison-avec-sophie-germain
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Word embeddings alone are not the be-all end-all for historical data: semantic changes over time trip them up 🤷♀️
BUT have you heard of contextual word embeddings? 👀
In this article, we use them to untangle the meanings of terms Ruland's 1612 alchemical dictionary.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00026980.2026.2692190 #DH #histsci #alchemy #computationalhumanities #digitalhumanities #wordembeddings
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Book review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe https://ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/09/book-review-the-secrets-of-alchemy-by-lawrence-m-principe/ #histsci #bookreview #alchemy #chemistry #bookstodon
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Book review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe https://ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/09/book-review-the-secrets-of-alchemy-by-lawrence-m-principe/ #histsci #bookreview #alchemy #chemistry #bookstodon
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Book review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe https://ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/09/book-review-the-secrets-of-alchemy-by-lawrence-m-principe/ #histsci #bookreview #alchemy #chemistry #bookstodon
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Book review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe https://ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/09/book-review-the-secrets-of-alchemy-by-lawrence-m-principe/ #histsci #bookreview #alchemy #chemistry #bookstodon
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Book review: The Secrets of Alchemy by Lawrence M. Principe https://ianhopkinson.org.uk/2026/09/book-review-the-secrets-of-alchemy-by-lawrence-m-principe/ #histsci #bookreview #alchemy #chemistry #bookstodon
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The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @[email protected]! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @[email protected]! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @[email protected]! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @[email protected]! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @[email protected]! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making.
🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵 -
[Archive]
Until (and a bit after) Darwin
for "Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety."
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar (2011).
#HistSTM #HistSci
#CharlesDarwin
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[Archive]
Until (and a bit after) Darwin
for "Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety."
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar (2011).
#HistSTM #HistSci
#CharlesDarwin
https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/11/diversity-culture-theory-and-data.html -
[Archive]
Until (and a bit after) Darwin
for "Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety."
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar (2011).
#HistSTM #HistSci
#CharlesDarwin
https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/11/diversity-culture-theory-and-data.html -
[Archive]
Until (and a bit after) Darwin
for "Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety."
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar (2011).
#HistSTM #HistSci
#CharlesDarwin
https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/11/diversity-culture-theory-and-data.html -
[Archive]
Until (and a bit after) Darwin
for "Diversity, Culture, Theory, and Data: Science on Human Variety."
SLAS Faculty Research Seminar (2011).
#HistSTM #HistSci
#CharlesDarwin
https://until-darwin.blogspot.com/2011/11/diversity-culture-theory-and-data.html -
The Feejee Mermaid was a monkey sewn to a fish. Fifteen thousand a day paid a quarter to see it, then lingered. So he painted a sign over the exit: THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS. Another quarter to come back in. P.T. Barnum, working as advertised.
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The Feejee Mermaid was a monkey sewn to a fish. Fifteen thousand a day paid a quarter to see it, then lingered. So he painted a sign over the exit: THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS. Another quarter to come back in. P.T. Barnum, working as advertised.
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The Feejee Mermaid was a monkey sewn to a fish. Fifteen thousand a day paid a quarter to see it, then lingered. So he painted a sign over the exit: THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS. Another quarter to come back in. P.T. Barnum, working as advertised.
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The Feejee Mermaid was a monkey sewn to a fish. Fifteen thousand a day paid a quarter to see it, then lingered. So he painted a sign over the exit: THIS WAY TO THE EGRESS. Another quarter to come back in. P.T. Barnum, working as advertised.
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Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @[email protected], hosted by @[email protected], drops on 14 September!
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies.
🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval
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Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @[email protected], hosted by @[email protected], drops on 14 September!
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies.
🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval
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Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @[email protected], hosted by @[email protected], drops on 14 September!
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies.
🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4zf2vfijfc2pfzz6nr3whfqx/post/3muwc5c77ik2o -
Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @[email protected], hosted by @[email protected], drops on 14 September!
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies.
🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4zf2vfijfc2pfzz6nr3whfqx/post/3muwc5c77ik2o -
Everything is horrible, but CHALLENGING HISTORIES, a new #podcast from @[email protected], hosted by @[email protected], drops on 14 September!
Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. It's never been more important to understand the past and its legacies.
🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #medieval
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"A 200-year-old illustrated condom will go on display with Dutch golden age masters in Amsterdam this week, after the 19th-century “luxury souvenir” became the first-ever contraceptive sheath to be added to the Rijksmuseum’s art collection."
#histsci #histmed #histsex (#histnat?) #collections
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/03/rijksmuseum-condom-exhibition -
Happy birthday to writer, statesman and polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Made for the #printersolstice Fauvism prompt: This print is a hand-printed, limited edition, reduction block print portrait. While best known for his contributions to German literature, he pursued natural sciences, studying morphology, doing work which presaged evolution, 🧵1/
https://minouette.etsy.com/listing/1162543096
#linocut #printmaking #sciart #histsci #Goethe #NaturalScience #reductionPrint #printmaker #mastoArt
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HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out in Korean, from Hyeonamsa! Please considering sharing this with Korean folks in your circles.
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💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histsci #histmed #politics
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@temptoetiam @johannesylvestre le document est désormais sur #WikimediaCommons avec la cote et tout, et librement réutilisable 😋 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Affichette_relative_%C3%A0_l%27%C3%A9clipse_de_soleil_du_1er_avril_1764.png (le truc sur X est sans doute un post automatique de LinkedIn où figurait une (autre) cote)
#archivesnationales #eclipse2026 #eclipse #GLAMarchives #histsci #histastro
poke @daieuxdailleurs
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History of science meets forensic mysteries: what's not to like? I've pre-ordered mine and can't wait!
#histsci #histmed 🗃
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