Greg Priest2h 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). ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿงชโš’๏ธ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ๐Ÿง  #HistSTM
Preindustrial Public Health2d 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

#histmed #histstm

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 [โ€ฆ]

Reaktion Books
Rebekah Higgitt4d ago
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Show threadCarsten Timmermann5d ago
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." ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ—ƒ #PhilSci #HistSTM #Booksky

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Greg PriestMay 23
Edward Lorenz, of โ€œbutterfly effectโ€ fame, was born OTD in 1917. "Chaos: When the present determines the future, but the approximate present does not approximately determine the future.โ€ ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆซ๐Ÿง ๐Ÿ—ƒ #PhilSci #HistSTM
Rebekah HiggittMay 21
A thread ๐Ÿงต for the @[email protected] Pickstone book prize, with a little more of each title on the shortlist ๐Ÿ“š #histSTM ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ

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๐ŸŒˆ Dr Ross BrooksMay 19

Whoop, whoop! ๐Ÿฅณ

My book has just been sent to the printers! It also features in Yale University Press's Autumn Catalogue, in some very illustrious company . . . #excited

All shares and preorders much appreciated! ๐Ÿ™

UK: https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ ๐Ÿ“š๏ธ ๐Ÿต

US: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300287202/darwin-and-the-queer-origins-of-life/  ๐Ÿ“œ ๐Ÿฆ‹

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Rebekah HiggittMay 18
Nice, long article on the Clockworks Museum, focused on the history of electrical timekeeping #histSTM ๐Ÿ“œ From when time went electric to the emergence of quartz clocks share.google/7XYmkerxgbkq...

From when time went electric t...
From when time went electric to the emergence of quartz clocks

The Clockworks museum in London boasts the worldโ€™s most important public collection which shows how electricity taught the world to tell the same time

Financial Times
Rebekah HiggittMay 18
Post by @[email protected], Tamara Caulkins & me on the thinking behind our call for contributions to a Sourcebook for Histories of Weather and Weathering - the workshop(s) that inspired it and our own perspectives. The deadline is 4 September #histSTM #envhist meteohistory.org/announcements/

Announcements โ€“ International ...
Announcements โ€“ International Commission on the History of Meteorology