@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialCork-lined bedroom, shutters never opened, air fumigated five times a day with a hallucinogenic nightshade powder. In May 1921 he crossed Paris to see a Vermeer, and gave the moment to a dying character. Marcel Proust, editing to the end.
@sarahalang.bsky.socialWhat does it mean to do computational #history?
First and foremost, it means lots of data work!
Check out my @mpiwg.bsky.social research reel and the article it is about:
youtu.be/K76zRhOXQp0?...
#DH #histsci
@bhgross144.bsky.social"Did an interesting operation at the hospital this morning while the patient was under the influence of Dr. Morton's preparation to prevent pain." -John Collins Warren (Oct. 16, 1846)
Happy #EtherDay, everyone!
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#histmed #histsci #histSTM ποΈπ
#anesthesia #OnThisDay
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialβSell your coat and buy betony,β ran an Italian proverb; it was planted in churchyards and worn against evil spirits. Betony (Betonica officinalis). Old medicine, not a recommendation.
thethinkingpress.org/materia-medica/betony
ποΈ #history #histsci
@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialHerbert Silberer, Chance and the Goblin Tricks of the Unconscious (1921): βA Herr Bauer (Peasant) dreamed of aristocratic ancestors; a Herr FΓΌrst (Prince) turned out to be a passionate Social Democrat.β
thethinkingpress.org/translations/chance-and-the-goblin-tricks/excerpts
ποΈ ππ #histsci
@darwinsbulldog.bsky.socialIn Referees We Trust? How #PeerReview Became a Mark of Scientific Legitimacy by @mbaldwin.bsky.social: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... #OpenAccess #HPS #histsci
@bhgross144.bsky.socialCongrats to @mbaldwin.bsky.social on the publication of her new book!
In Referees We Trust? is available in an open access edition from @mitpress.bsky.social and considers the rise of #PeerReview and how it became associated w/ideas of scientific legitimacy.
@stemfem.bsky.social10/15/1859 β b. Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke, American-French neuroanatomist, neurologist, physician, author. Noted researcher in the field of #neuroanatomy; published many articles and co-wrote two vols on the anatomy of nerve centers w/her husband #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #NueroSky #MedSky #HistSci
@bhgross144.bsky.socialSome of you may be wondering why these incredible #histSTM & #BookHistory videos were taken down in the first place.
I can't speak to that, but I'm glad they're back. (Jason's chats with Nick Wilding, Adrian Johns & @prossian.bsky.social are personal favorites.)
#histsci #histastro #astronomy ποΈππ
@jasonwdean.comThanks to @bhgross144.bsky.social I am pleased to share that ALL of the LHL videos and programs are back online! Let's celebrate with some favorite ones I did, and this, with Nick Wilding on Galileo's Sidereus is still my top fav: #HistSTM #histsci ποΈππ¬ #libsky #rarebooks youtu.be/0pkJVR_C7XU?...
@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialHe signed a urinal, called it sculpture, then walked away from art for competitive chess β a French master title, four Olympiads, and openings studied on his honeymoon. Marcel Duchamp's bride's revenge was quiet and adhesive.
@rmathematicus.bsky.socialEvangelista Torricelli, mathematician, physicist, inventor of the barometer, was born 15 October 1608 #histsci #histtech
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@thethinkingpress.bsky.socialI've been translating Herbert Silberer's Chance and the Goblin Tricks of the Unconscious (1921). Seventy-five chances that are not chance. The first 5 parts are free to read; Club members read the rest.
thethinkingpress.org/translations/chance-and-the-goblin-tricks
ποΈ ππ #histsci
@msuarez.bsky.social@msuarez.bsky.socialVery proud to announce that my ancient manuscript on Henry Margenau is finally appearing in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsta
A preprint is already up at @philsci-archive.bsky.social
@stemfem.bsky.social10/14/1856 β b. Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, American geographer, travel writer, photographer. Internationally renowned for her expertise, accuracy, and vision; the first female board member of the National Geographic Society #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #GeoSky #NatGeo #SciSky #HistSci #photography
@lovableweirdo.bsky.socialFirst at Oxford before Oxford gave women degrees. Ten new Alpine routes in one season. 1,800 miles across Arabia with a Wedgwood dinner service in her camel bags. In March 1921, Gertrude Bell picked Iraq's king. The kingmaker of Baghdad.
@scarcerc.bsky.socialπ¬ Save the date! Join SCARCE and the βGeschichte am Mittwochβ lectures for a screening of Dr. Copper by Stanislav Manca - a documentary series that explores the history of the Habsburg Monarchy from an unusual perspective!βοΈ
ποΈ 21 October
β° 17:15 CET
π bit.ly/4dUVH55
#histSci #Scarce
@minouette.bsky.socialthe Prodomus documenting 2 decades of observations with her own preface, a star catalog & maps based on their observations.
@minouette.bsky.socialFor the #spacetober_challenge day 14 prompt space history, my #linocut of astronomer Elisabeth Koopmann-Hevelius (1647-1693) π§ͺπ‘ππ #histsci using a brass sextant to make astronomical observations & some of the new constellations her husband Johannes Hevelius named based on their observations, &
