@bhgross144.bsky.social
Head of Fellowships & Scholarly Programs at the Harry Ransom Center; Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018). Posting in a personal capacity.
@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.
@bhgross144.bsky.socialHere at the HRC, we're big Herschel fans...
@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 🗃️📜🔭
@bhgross144.bsky.social@bhgross144.bsky.socialAgreed--We need more #histmed emoji!
How are we supposed to represent a noxious miasma on social media--🌫️? 🌁?!
@bhgross144.bsky.socialI just learned that @schulzmuseum.bsky.social recently opened an exhibition on the philosophical musings of Linus van Pelt with the perfect title.
(It's a pity that Santa Rosa is so far away from Austin...)
More info: schulzmuseum.org/blanket-stat...
@bhgross144.bsky.socialAnd for those who are curious, @kansascity.com has video of @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social's visit to LHL! Click below for a (brief) discussion of Galilean annotations, the Copernican cosmos, and the limits of Johannes Bayer's artistic ability.
@bhgross144.bsky.socialTen years ago today, I had the chance to show some incredible astronomy books to @stationcdrkelly.bsky.social during his visit to the Linda Hall Library.
(He asked me to take a photo of him holding a copy of Galileo's Sidereus Nuncius.)
@bhgross144.bsky.socialFor those unfamiliar with the classics...
(Reminder, Alapalooza was released in 1993. The first 28-inch diagonal color #LCD TV--built by engineers at Sharp--was still two years away!)
@bhgross144.bsky.socialAs Weird Al once observed, a television like this was like having a drive-in movie in your own living room!
@bhgross144.bsky.social#HistSTM & #HistSci friends: Did you enjoy Sponsel & Sutton's @jhistbiol.bsky.social article on Photograph 49?
If so, I highly recommend @byjessicadavies.bsky.social's essay on the subject, which features additional pages from Franklin's notebooks & Wilkins's correspondence!
#WomenInSTEM #DNA 🗃️📜🧬
@bhgross144.bsky.socialBoosting the signal for any 18th c. scholars in the audience. I visited @lewiswalpolelib.bsky.social for the first time in August. Their collections are outstanding!
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@bhgross144.bsky.socialExciting news from Austin: @ransomcenter.bsky.social has acquired the archive of author & @mcsweeneys.net founder Dave Eggers!
(This collection will complement & enrich the McSweeney's Records, which joined the HRC's collections in 2013.)
@bhgross144.bsky.socialThe steaks have never been higher...
@bhgross144.bsky.socialFor no particular reason, I was suddenly reminded that San Diego was destroyed by an act of nuclear terrorism on #Babylon5.
@historyasif.bsky.socialReposted by @bhgross144.bsky.socialRIP Margaret Hamilton, the brilliant computer scientist whose contributions to software for the Apollo Guidance Computer were absolutely crucial to the Apollo Moon landings. She also helped shape the discipline of computer engineering while at MIT's Instrumentation Lab: news.mit.edu/2026/margare...
@bhgross144.bsky.social**A tale of two #museums**
@inquirer.com reports there's no "white knight" coming to rescue Philly's Academy of Natural Sciences: www.inquirer.com/arts/academy...
@kcur.org on community efforts to save the Sternberg Museum of #NaturalHistory: www.kcur.org/arts-life/20...
@bhgross144.bsky.social@bhgross144.bsky.socialAn underrated classic! (I would have enjoyed seeing more of the Warners during the Golden Age of Hollywood...)
@bhgross144.bsky.socialFinally fulfilling Milton Berle's lifelong dream!
(It's common knowledge that Berle and Yakko didn't get along...)
