History of science & #BookHistory friends: What was the size of the initial print run of Hooke's Micrographia?

(I've frequently seen the 1st edition referred to as a bestseller, but haven't found a source that confirms how many copies the Royal Society commissioned...)

#HistSTM #histsci 🗃️📜🔬

[Archive]
The Quadrupedia and the Observations on the Three Kingdoms of Nature by Linnaeus (1735)
#HistSTM #HistSci
until-darwin.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-...

Wait...is Artefacts being held the same week as SHOT?!

At least people could conceivably participate in both meeting since:
1) They won't overlap (Artefacts=M-W, SHOT=Th-Sun)
2) SHOT will be virtual

#histtech #histSTM ⚙️

My colleagues know I'm interested in #histSTM, so they bring stuff like this to my office.

I have so many questions!
1) Was @ransomcenter.bsky.social once home to UT's Health Sci. Collection?
2) Were we actively collecting #histmed in the 1960s...& when did we stop?
3) Where are these books now? 📜🗃️

The theme of this year's Artefacts meeting is Trust and Objects. The programme looks excellent, addressing vitally important issues in the US's current circumstances. (I'm sorry not to be there, but cannot justify travel to the US at present.) #histSTM 📖
www.sciencehistory.org/visit/events...

#histSTM

History of science friends: Would you describe Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) as a *medieval* natural historian?

Because that's what my former institution's recent social media post seems to be saying...

(At least they didn't call him a biologist!)

#histSTM #histsci 🗃️📜

'I cannot seriously believe in [quantum mechanics] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in space and time, free from spooky actions at a distance.'

-Albert Einstein to Max Born
March 3, 1947

#histSTM

From Lise Meitner and Chien-Shiung Wu
to Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Fabiola Gianotti:

Some of the pioneering women who changed the face of physics:

perimeterinstitute.ca/news/pioneer...

#histSTM #WomenInSTEM #PerimeterInstitute #science #physics

#CFP
Only 2 WEEKS left to submit your abstract for our 2027 conference.

Come join us at the University of Pittsburgh!

We invite papers on a range of topics in #histmed #histsci #medhums #histSTM and allied fields.

sahms.wildapricot.org/submit

Questions? [email protected]

📢 Call for Papers
History of Art x History of Science: Disciplinary Encounters, Tensions, and Transformations
Lausanne, 27-28 May 2027

How have the histories of art & science observed, shaped, and challenged one another from the 18th c. to today?

#histSTM #arthistory

www.unil.ch/news/1789481...

[Archive]
RACE AFTER DARWIN [for Devin Griffiths and Deanna K. Kreisel, eds. 2023. After Darwin: Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press.]
#HistSTM #HistSci #CriticalTheory
[PDF] www.academia.edu/attachments/...

One week from today: CHSTM's History of Tech. working group kicks off its 2026-27 calendar by hosting a conversation w/Hyungsub Choi & Timothy Stoneman--the incoming editors of History+Technology!

Join us on Zoom on Sep. 22 from 1-2:30 PM, EDT:
www.chstm.org/group/histor...

#histSTM #histtech 🗃️📜⚙️

80 years after the US first detonated a nuclear weapon in the Marshall Islands, parts of the archipelago remain contaminated. Historian M. X. Mitchell speaks with Benetick Kabua Maddison, executive director of @meinonprofit.bsky.social, about the legacy of US operations in the islands. #histSTM

📣Call for Papers 📣 – International conference Who Cares ? Psychiatry in the English-speaking world
#3 Circulations and Transfers
🏦Université Paris Nanterre
📆4-6 March 2027
Deadline for proposals 20 September 2026
#histmed #histSTM

Interesting essay by Alison Bashford based on her new book "Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic," which she also talked about in a stimulating @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with Miranda Melcher: newbooksnetwork.com/decoding-the... #HistSTM @uchicagopress.bsky.social

(Journée d'études) Repenser la peste. Approches environnementales et interspécifiques histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/09/repe... #histSTM

Centre for the Global Histories Medicine, Disease and Health at Durham University is launching the History of Medicine Lab To facilitate discussion about new publications, films and documentaries relevant to #histmed
open to anyone (incl. students) in the university & wider northeast
#histSTM

Margaret Hamilton Led the NASA Software Team That Landed Astronauts on the Moon:

smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

#WomenInSTEM #histSTM #ProtectTheSmithsonian

I am delighted to share our fall 2026 lineup for the #Harvard Science and Technology in Asia online seminar series!

Join us over Zoom for six terrific talks from October through December. All are welcome.

Details and registration: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia

#histstm #sts 🧪