Joachim Dagg

@jdagg
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PhD Univ. Göttingen; Bio&Chem teacher; interested in history of science. #histodon ♂︎
Leeds: Rare book laced with arsenic found in library

The 19th Century gardening book owes its green colour to a dye containing arsenic, officials say.

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Sorry for asking, what's this "note" feature under the profiles of others?
Did Darwin plagiarize Matthew? Part 2: Debunking claims about parroting Matthew (1831). https://historiesofecology.blogspot.com/2016/04/suttons-matthewisms-dismantled.html
Did Darwin plagiarize Matthew? Part 2: Debunking claims about parroting Matthew (1831)

I'm interested in the history of ecology and evolutionary biology and recently, thanks to Intelligent Design claims, also in that of mouse traps.

Robert Chambers never read Patrick Matthew's book "On Naval Timber and Arboriculture" (1831). https://historiesofecology.blogspot.com/2018/01/why-robert-chambers-1832-never-reviewed.html
Robert Chambers never read Patrick Matthew's book "On Naval Timber and Arboriculture" (1831)

I'm interested in the history of ecology and evolutionary biology and recently, thanks to Intelligent Design claims, also in that of mouse traps.

Patrick Matthew's evolutionary clock (1831)

I'm interested in the history of ecology and evolutionary biology and recently, thanks to Intelligent Design claims, also in that of mouse traps.

Motives and merits of counterfactual histories of science. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848618300049
How counterfactuals of Red-Queen theory shed light on science and its historiography. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1369848616300978
Comparing the respective transmutation mechanisms of Patrick Matthew, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace (free). https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/123/4/864/4869753
Comparing the respective transmutation mechanisms of Patrick Matthew, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

Abstract. A comparison of the evolutionary mechanisms of Patrick Matthew, Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace highlights their differences. In Matthew’s scheme, c

OUP Academic
The Origin of Specious: misunderstandings about Patrick Matthew’s evolutionary thinking (free).
https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/131/3/706/5912435
Origin of Specious: misunderstandings about Patrick Matthew’s evolutionary thinking

Abstract. Many ambiguities in Patrick Matthew’s evolutionary ideas can be resolved upon rejecting the presumption that his mechanism was identical to Darwin’s.

OUP Academic