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  1. History of science used in political propaganda! But it doesn't quite align with what I learnt when studying the history of science.

    This weirdo was also into something that he called "Enlightenment Values" a few months ago.

    facebook.com/100044618611044/p

    #histSci #historyOfScience #histSciTech

  2. History of science used in political propaganda! But it doesn't quite align with what I learnt when studying the history of science.

    This weirdo was also into something that he called "Enlightenment Values" a few months ago.

    facebook.com/100044618611044/p

    #histSci #historyOfScience #histSciTech

  3. History of science used in political propaganda! But it doesn't quite align with what I learnt when studying the history of science.

    This weirdo was also into something that he called "Enlightenment Values" a few months ago.

    facebook.com/100044618611044/p

    #histSci #historyOfScience #histSciTech

  4. History of science used in political propaganda! But it doesn't quite align with what I learnt when studying the history of science.

    This weirdo was also into something that he called "Enlightenment Values" a few months ago.

    facebook.com/100044618611044/p

    #histSci #historyOfScience #histSciTech

  5. History of science used in political propaganda! But it doesn't quite align with what I learnt when studying the history of science.

    This weirdo was also into something that he called "Enlightenment Values" a few months ago.

    facebook.com/100044618611044/p

    #histSci #historyOfScience #histSciTech

  6. Perhaps this is already well known to #historians of the #ColdWar and #nuclear #weapons, but in case it isn’t, the “teeny tiny itsy bitsy cutie pie tactical nuclear weapon” paper contains this data point: #HistSciTech #war #military #history

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mefv7ab6c223

  7. Perhaps this is already well known to #historians of the #ColdWar and #nuclear #weapons, but in case it isn’t, the “teeny tiny itsy bitsy cutie pie tactical nuclear weapon” paper contains this data point: #HistSciTech #war #military #history

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mefv7ab6c223

  8. Perhaps this is already well known to #historians of the #ColdWar and #nuclear #weapons, but in case it isn’t, the “teeny tiny itsy bitsy cutie pie tactical nuclear weapon” paper contains this data point: #HistSciTech #war #military #history

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mefv7ab6c223

  9. Perhaps this is already well known to #historians of the #ColdWar and #nuclear #weapons, but in case it isn’t, the “teeny tiny itsy bitsy cutie pie tactical nuclear weapon” paper contains this data point: #HistSciTech #war #military #history

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mefv7ab6c223

  10. Perhaps this is already well known to #historians of the #ColdWar and #nuclear #weapons, but in case it isn’t, the “teeny tiny itsy bitsy cutie pie tactical nuclear weapon” paper contains this data point: #HistSciTech #war #military #history

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:l5qgtdxd462q6cz5hbt25edk/post/3mefv7ab6c223

  11. On 15 Nov 1988, 37 years ago, the #Soviet #space #shuttle #Buran made its first and only flight. In 2013, I found an interesting piece of #history of the #ColdWar and wrote why Buran looked like a copy of the US Shuttle. (TL;DR: arms race/paranoia.) #HistSciTech jmkorhonen.net/2013/11/18/s...

    Space system “Shuttle,” part o...

  12. On 15 Nov 1988, 37 years ago, the #Soviet #space #shuttle #Buran made its first and only flight. In 2013, I found an interesting piece of #history of the #ColdWar and wrote why Buran looked like a copy of the US Shuttle. (TL;DR: arms race/paranoia.) #HistSciTech jmkorhonen.net/2013/11/18/s...

    Space system “Shuttle,” part o...

  13. On 15 Nov 1988, 37 years ago, the #Soviet #space #shuttle #Buran made its first and only flight. In 2013, I found an interesting piece of #history of the #ColdWar and wrote why Buran looked like a copy of the US Shuttle. (TL;DR: arms race/paranoia.) #HistSciTech jmkorhonen.net/2013/11/18/s...

    Space system “Shuttle,” part o...

  14. On 15 Nov 1988, 37 years ago, the #Soviet #space #shuttle #Buran made its first and only flight. In 2013, I found an interesting piece of #history of the #ColdWar and wrote why Buran looked like a copy of the US Shuttle. (TL;DR: arms race/paranoia.) #HistSciTech jmkorhonen.net/2013/11/18/s...

    Space system “Shuttle,” part o...

  15. Similar widespread ignorance of #history of #technology among technologists, even of one's own field, infuriated me when I was doing engineer things in product development in the late 00's. I saw it lead to 1) avoidable mistakes and 2) pernicious beliefs of superiority. 1/ #STS #HistSciTech

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/post/3lul2emazrs2c

  16. Similar widespread ignorance of #history of #technology among technologists, even of one's own field, infuriated me when I was doing engineer things in product development in the late 00's. I saw it lead to 1) avoidable mistakes and 2) pernicious beliefs of superiority. 1/ #STS #HistSciTech

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/post/3lul2emazrs2c

  17. Similar widespread ignorance of #history of #technology among technologists, even of one's own field, infuriated me when I was doing engineer things in product development in the late 00's. I saw it lead to 1) avoidable mistakes and 2) pernicious beliefs of superiority. 1/ #STS #HistSciTech

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/post/3lul2emazrs2c

  18. Similar widespread ignorance of #history of #technology among technologists, even of one's own field, infuriated me when I was doing engineer things in product development in the late 00's. I saw it lead to 1) avoidable mistakes and 2) pernicious beliefs of superiority. 1/ #STS #HistSciTech

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/post/3lul2emazrs2c

  19. Similar widespread ignorance of #history of #technology among technologists, even of one's own field, infuriated me when I was doing engineer things in product development in the late 00's. I saw it lead to 1) avoidable mistakes and 2) pernicious beliefs of superiority. 1/ #STS #HistSciTech

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:iyz5zf463ic52vqbonyu2ebu/post/3lul2emazrs2c

  20. Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

    Wind Powered Factories: Histor...

  21. Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

    Wind Powered Factories: Histor...

  22. Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

    Wind Powered Factories: Histor...

  23. Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

    Wind Powered Factories: Histor...

  24. Considering the vastly different population densities, this is an eyebrow-raising figure: "Germany had 18,242 windmills in 1895 ... and Finland had 20,000 windmills in 1900." Any #histscitech or #energyhistory peeps who'd like to weigh in? solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/10/wind...

    Wind Powered Factories: Histor...

  25. What the 2000s looked like during the last hurrah of Cold War's infinite defence spend / cocaine supply: a proposal for a "Post 2000 era" "Manned Space Battle Cruiser" from a c. 1983 report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19... #HistSciTech #space

  26. What the 2000s looked like during the last hurrah of Cold War's infinite defence spend / cocaine supply: a proposal for a "Post 2000 era" "Manned Space Battle Cruiser" from a c. 1983 report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19... #HistSciTech #space

  27. What the 2000s looked like during the last hurrah of Cold War's infinite defence spend / cocaine supply: a proposal for a "Post 2000 era" "Manned Space Battle Cruiser" from a c. 1983 report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19... #HistSciTech #space

  28. What the 2000s looked like during the last hurrah of Cold War's infinite defence spend / cocaine supply: a proposal for a "Post 2000 era" "Manned Space Battle Cruiser" from a c. 1983 report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19... #HistSciTech #space

  29. What the 2000s looked like during the last hurrah of Cold War's infinite defence spend / cocaine supply: a proposal for a "Post 2000 era" "Manned Space Battle Cruiser" from a c. 1983 report ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19... #HistSciTech #space

  30. Found an open version of one of the greatest papers in the history of science, technology and innovation ever written: Ogburn and Thomas's "Are Inventions Inevitable" from 1922 (!). It's short and well written: Do yourself a favor and read it. #HistSciTech #STS archive.org/stream/jstor...

    archive.org/stream/jstor-2...

  31. Found an open version of one of the greatest papers in the history of science, technology and innovation ever written: Ogburn and Thomas's "Are Inventions Inevitable" from 1922 (!). It's short and well written: Do yourself a favor and read it. #HistSciTech #STS archive.org/stream/jstor...

    archive.org/stream/jstor-2...

  32. Found an open version of one of the greatest papers in the history of science, technology and innovation ever written: Ogburn and Thomas's "Are Inventions Inevitable" from 1922 (!). It's short and well written: Do yourself a favor and read it. #HistSciTech #STS archive.org/stream/jstor...

    archive.org/stream/jstor-2...