Embodiment and the (Re)invention of Emoji, from the Aztecs to Humboldt and Darwin to AI

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/05/05/aztec-humboldt-darwin-emoji/

Today is 167 years since the death of #AlexanderVonHumboldt. This admirably concise biography offers a factual and nuanced picture of his life and work, and critically interrogates previous portrayals.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/02/11/book-review-alexander-von-humboldt-a-concise-biography/

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Jason Colavito: The Mound Builder Myth – Fake History and the Hunt for a „Lost White Race“ (2020)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://liberalkonservativlesen.de/jason-colavito-the-mound-builder-myth-2020/

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Some more unusual acquisitions from 2025.

- I purchased the last copy of the definitive retrospective on the #palaeoart of Zdenek #Burian from Albatros Media. Volume 3 focuses on his artwork of prehistoric humans. All these books are written in Czech, but the artwork is just lavish, and I'm a sucker for period palaeoart.

- I found a second-hand copy of the reissue of #AlexanderVonHumboldt's Views of Nature, released by the University of Chicago Press.

- #Spookslot - 44 jaar te gast bij de geesten, a Dutch book I hunted down via a friend, which was released to commemorate the closure of one of the most beloved attractions, Het Spookslot (a haunted house), in De #Efteling, a well-known Dutch amusement park I used to go to quite often as a child. I know they have completely rebuilt it into a new ride now with nods to the classic panoramic show, but I haven't visited it yet.

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I Feel, Therefore I Understand: Humboldt on the Essence of Science and How to Read the Poetry of Nature

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.themarginalian.org/2025/10/16/humboldt-cosmos-nature/

256 years ago today #AlexanderVonHumboldt was born. The Invention of Nature is a delightful biography that paints a lively portrait of this ever-restless polymath, showing he was a force of nature.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2025/02/11/book-review-the-invention-of-nature-the-adventures-of-alexander-von-humboldt-the-lost-hero-of-science/

#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Biography #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #Scicomm @andrea_wulf