Now that the Easter break is out of the way, let's get back to some posting some new lessons.
The next instalment of the history of science is a big one. It's the Wheel!
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The Wheel

This edition covers the best theory for the invention of wheels within the mines of central Europe.

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Vinita Damodaran: Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire

New review: Complementing other recent books on the Challenger expedition, The Wake of HMS Challenger brings a focus all of its own to the subject and firmly stands on its own two feet as a thoroughly enjoyable work of science history.

https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2026/03/31/book-review-the-wake-of-hms-challenger-how-a-legendary-victorian-voyage-tells-the-story-of-our-oceans-decline/

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Book review – The Wake of HMS Challenger: How a Legendary Victorian Voyage Tells the Story of Our Oceans’ Decline

Complementing other recent books on the Challenger expedition, The Wake of HMS Challenger brings a focus all of its own to the subject and firmly stands on its own two feet as a thoroughly enjoyabl…

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This week's #NewBooks at the library: An eclectic trio!
- Just in time for my review of The Wake of HMS Challenger, I found a second-hand copy of At Sea with the Scientifics from the University of Hawaii Press, which collects Joseph Matkin's letters home.
- Look what you made me do, Jordan Sorcery! I tracked down a very affordable copy of Jack Yeovil's Krokodil Tears in his Dark Future series.
- One more book from my employer's January sale: #Chimpanzees and Human Evolution from Belknap Press.

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From the AIP History Weekly Newsletter:

The Observatory Pinafore and the changing place of women in Harvard astronomy

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The Observatory Pinafore and the changing place of women in Harvard astronomy

AIP History Weekly Edition: March 27, 2026

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This week's #NewBooks at the library: three more books from my employer's January sale
- The Second Jurassic Dinosaur Rush: Museums and Paleontology in America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century by Paul D. Brinkman from the University of Chicago Press;
- Shaping Humanity: How Science, Art, and Imagination Help Us Understand Our Origins, a wonderfully illustrated book by John Gurche from Yale University Press;
- Rethinking Human Evolution edited by Jeffrey H. Schwartz, a volume in the Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology from @themitpress.

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