The Giant’s Shoulders #13 is up at Skulls in the Stars and a bumper crop of excellent articles on the history of science it is too. Above all gg has done a wonderful job of presenting this, the first anniversary edition of the carnival. Go take a look and he will take you on a conducted tour of the 1893 World Fair in Chicago.
The Renaissance Mathematicus
The Facts of Life
If your philosophy of [scientific] history claims that the sequence should have been A→B→C, and it is C→A→B, then your philosophy of history is wrong. You have to take the data of history seriously.
John S. Wilkins 30th August 2009
Culture is part of the unholy trinity—culture, chaos, and cock-up—which roam through our versions of history, substituting for traditional theories of causation. – Filipe Fernández–Armesto “Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration”
-
Recent Posts
rmathematicus tweets
- RT @clementinehazel: math notations explained = equals =/= not equals < left > right ! LOUD NUMBER ~ worm π… 16 minutes ago
- RT @hagenilda: Yeah and? twitter.com/michellesphelp… 18 minutes ago
- RT @PastMedHistory: Portrait of the French physician and surgeon Guy de Chaulhac, who wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery i… 26 minutes ago
- RT @gelminil7: Today in chemistry history https://t.co/zkPAeV2I82 32 minutes ago
- RT @gelminil7: Today in chemistry history https://t.co/sOp8IY3oaG 34 minutes ago
- RT @daniel_heidt: So excited this is published! Thank you @BockingStephen, @RoutledgeHist and all of the authors! @NiCHE_Canada #cdnhist #C… 37 minutes ago
- RT @ladyxscience: 📞📟WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU💾📱 For an upcoming Lady Science Podcast episode, we’re looking for the best—and worst—pop cult… 38 minutes ago
- RT @mikepope: Yet another word whose modern incarnation is the result of garbled transmission twitter.com/HaggardHawks/s… 38 minutes ago
- RT @Stephen_Curry: You’ll enjoy this @matthewcobb - see if you can spot Matisse in the reply thread. twitter.com/satisfyingdail… 39 minutes ago
- RT @AshPoust: New article by @FossilHistory on something I think a lot about: the pros and cons of centralized vs. decentralized collection… 43 minutes ago
HIISTSCI HULK’S TWEETS
- HISTSCI_HULK SAYS HISTSCI SOUL BROTHER @dhayton SHOULD BE READ ON BAD HISTORY pachs.net/blogs/comments… 7 years ago
- HISTSCI_HULK SAYS READ WHAT THE PROF SAYS! thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/the… 7 years ago
- HISTSCI_HULK SAYS DON'T PROJECT YOUR OWN LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE PAST!! thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/03/gaz… 7 years ago
- HISTSCI_HULK SAYS DON'T FALSIFY YOUR HISTSCI!! thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/bei… 7 years ago
- The HISTSCI_HULK Manifesto Part II the gentle version thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/bei… 7 years ago
Recent Comments
- Around the Corner Autobiographical Book Reviews Early Scientific Publishing Giants' Shoulders History of Alchemy History of Astrology History of Astronomy History of Cartography History of Computing History of Logic History of Mathematics History of medicine History of Navigation History of Optics History of Physics History of science History of Technology Humour Ladies of Science Local Heroes Mediaeval Science Monday Blast from the Past Myths of Science Newton Odds and Ends Renaissance Science Small animals also make manure Uncategorized University History
Blog Collectives
Blogroll
- a simple prop
- Alun Salt
- Antoni van Leeuwanhoek Centraal
- Bad Astronomy
- BibliOdyssey
- Brian Switek
- Cocktail Party Physics
- Early Modern Experimental Philosophy
- Ether Wave Propaganda
- Evolving Thoughts
- From the Hands of Quacks
- Heterodoxology
- History Inspires
- History of Geology
- PACHS
- Ptak Science Books
- Res Obscura
- Sandwalk
- Skulls in the Stars
- Strange Maps
- teleskopos
- The Board of Longitude
- The Chirurgeon's Apprentice
- The Dispersal of Darwin
- The Inverse Square Blog
- Thoughts in a Haystack
- Time to Eat the Dogs
- Whewell's Ghost
- xkcd
RM Posts & Comments
The Renaissance Mathematicus · Just another WordPress.com weblog
