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Real, replica, fake or fiction?
When we allowed a Steampunk ‘intervention’ into Flamsteed House and the Time and Longitude Gallery at the Royal Observatory Greenwich last year, in the exhibition Longitude Punk’d, reactions were...
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Eighteenth-century eclipse maps by Halley and Whiston
Earlier this month I published a post at the H Word on ‘Halley’s Eclipse’ of 1715. It has been associated with Edmond Halley because, using the best theory and data then available, he made impressively...
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PhD scholarship available in history of science (and more)
There are lots of opportunities available this year at the University of Kent’s School of History for anyone looking for funding for a Masters (taught or research) or PhD. See the funding opportunities...
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Searching for Copley Medals – seen one?
I am currently revising a paper on the early history of the Royal Society’s Copley Medal for publication. I told part of this story in a post one the H Word Guardian Science blog. Although it is...
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Book review: Writing about women’s lives in science
An edited version of this book review appeared in the latest issue of British Journal for the History of Science (vol. 49, 2016, pp. 529-30). Govoni, Paola, and Franceschi, Zelda Alice (eds.),...
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Book review: Scientific instruments on display
An edited version of this review appeared in the British Journal for the History of Science in December 2015. Ackermann, Silke, Kremer, Richard L., and Miniati, Mara, Scientific Instruments on Display....
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New blue plaque to botanist Agnes Arber
Yesterday, a Blue Plaque was unveiled to the botanist, and philosopher and historian of botany, Agnes Arber (1879-1960). This event both paid tribute to a pioneer who made a significant mark in her...
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Last October, back in the days where we could meet physically in actual auditoriums, I gave two talks about the history of astronomy, practical mathematics, observers and voyages of scientific...
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Upcoming history of astronomy talk
Edinburgh to Hawai’i: the short astronomical career of John Walter Nichol 20 November 2020, 19:30-21:00 – Free The Astronomical Society of Edinburgh (via Zoom for members; visitors can watch live via...
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Call for more blue plaques to mark scientists’ connections to London buildings
Picture: English Heritage Today English Heritage unveils a new blue plaque to the theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam (1926-1996), with an appeal for more nominations for scientists...
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