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June 8, 1783: How the “Laki-eruptions” changed History 8 Jun 2013 | 11:50 pm
“The sun fades away, the land sinks into the sea, the bright stars disappear from the sky, as smoke and fire destroy the world, and the flames reach the sky.” The End of the World according to the...
Newton’s Alchemy and early Geochemistry 17 Mar 2013 | 09:29 pm
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) is today remembered for his contributions to optics, mechanics and gravity, but as a typical polymath of his time he was also interested in alchemy. And through his intere...
Giants’ Shoulders #56 The Giant Edition 18 Feb 2013 | 08:19 pm
Michael Barton (@darwinsbulldog) has posted a positively gigantic edition of Giants’ Shoulders the history of science blog carnival on his blog The Dispersal of Darwin. It contains enough good bloggag...
Carnivals 6 Feb 2013 | 12:35 am
Giants’ Shoulders #56 the history of science blog carnival is being hosted by Michael Barton @darwinsbulldog at The Dispersal of Darwin on 16th February. Submit your favourite #histsci, #histtech & #h...
What Kepler and Newton really did. 5 Feb 2013 | 11:15 pm
This has been a good week for people getting the history of astronomy in the seventeenth century wrong. [to find out what they got wrong go here] Filed under: astronomy, History
Curiosities, Utilities and Authority – Giants’ Shoulders #55 17 Jan 2013 | 09:39 pm
The 55th edition of the history of science blog carnival Giants’ Shoulders, “Curiosities, Utilities and Authority”, has been posted by this month’s host Lisa Smith (@historybeagle) at The Sloanes Lett...
How Forensic Seismology investigates into Ship-Disasters, Terrorist-Attacks and secret Nuclear Tests 14 Jan 2013 | 12:44 am
The collision of the cruise ship “Costa Concordia” on January 13, 2012 was recorded by the seismograph station “Monte Argentario“, situated on the Italian mainland. From the eyewitness testimony and t...
Giants Shoulders #55: Three Days Left! 12 Jan 2013 | 08:29 pm
You have just three days to submit those #histsci, #histmed and #histtech blog posts to the history of science blog carnival Giants Shoulders’ #55 which will be hosted by Lisa Smith (@historybeagle) a...
Christmas Trilogy 2012 Part III: What to do if your mother’s a witch. 28 Dec 2012 | 02:02 am
Johannes Kepler certainly lived in interesting times in the sense of the old Chinese curse. Born 27th December 1571 he lived through the most intensive phase of the Counter-Reformation being forced, ...
Christmas Trilogy 2012 Part II: Charles and Ada: A tale of genius or of exploitation? 26 Dec 2012 | 11:52 pm
This year Ada Lovelace Day, a celebration of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fuelled by the Finding Ada website and twitter account took off big time. Now I have nothi...
