Rebekah Higgitt1d ago
New open access #histSTM series - very exciting!

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Rebekah Higgitt1d ago
For inspiration, the latest issue of Nuncius is a special issue edited by Charlotte Bigg, Christoph Meinel, and Helmuth Trischler: Writing the History of Scientific Instruments: Challenges and Perspectives. A must-read! #histSTM brill.com/view/journal...

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Rebekah Higgitt1d ago
Calling all PhDs and ECRs who work on the history of material and visual culture of science - the Nuncius Essay Prize for 2026 is open for submissions until 31 August. Details here: brill.com/fileasset/do... #histSTM
Greg Priest4d ago
OTD in 1837, Charles Darwin first presented his theory of how coral reefs are formed to the Geological Society of London. The event marked his public debut as a theorist. L: hand-colored section of Cocos Island atoll. R: diagram of the same from his 1842 book (Darwin Online). 🌱🐋🧪⚒️🗃️🧠 #HistSTM
Preindustrial Public Health6d ago

Check out Katherine Harvey's (@katherineharvey.bsky.social) recently published 'The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living' which explores the way that medieval people looked over their physical and mental health.

https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/the-medieval-guide-to-healthy-living

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The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living | Reaktion Books

We often think of medieval medicine as strange, unhygienic and unscientific, but The Medieval Guide to Healthy Living reveals a far richer story. Long before modern wellness trends, people in the Middle Ages were actively thinking about how to live well. They followed detailed health regimens, balanced diet with exercise, considered the effects of emotions […]

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Rebekah HiggittMay 26
🧵 #histSTM

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Show threadCarsten TimmermannMay 26
Dust storms in the Southwest of the US and 'Valley Fever' feature in chapter 4. #histmed #histstm
Greg PriestMay 23
But Lorenz was not the first with the intuition. In The Phantom Tollbooth, the Princess of Pure Reason says: "...whatever we do affects everything and everyone else, if even in the tiniest way. Why, when a housefly flaps his wings, a breeze goes round the world." 🧪🦋🦫🧠🗃 #PhilSci #HistSTM #Booksky

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Greg PriestMay 23
Edward Lorenz, of “butterfly effect” fame, was born OTD in 1917. "Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.” 🧪🦋🦫🧠🗃 #PhilSci #HistSTM
Rebekah HiggittMay 21
A thread 🧵 for the @[email protected] Pickstone book prize, with a little more of each title on the shortlist 📚 #histSTM 🗃️

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