Aging freak who fell in love with the history of science and now resides mostly in the 16th century.
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Joined April 2011
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Culture is part of the unholy trinity—culture, chaos, and cock-up—which roam through our versions of history, substituting for traditional theories of causation. – Filipe Fernández–Armesto "Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration"
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Double podcast delight coming up: on the new PAGES OF HISTORY podcast our guest will tell us the strange story of the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas; on HOPWAG we'll be looking further into Han dynasty Chinese philosophy!
pagesofhistorypodcast.net
historyofphilosophy.net
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"Pretty much as soon as somebody figured out a way to put [glasses] before your eyes, somebody else denounced them as the work of the devil." Great interview with A FOUR-EYED WORLD author David Dunaway on On the Bookshelf: bit.ly/4e7MAOq @weareglassers @BloomsburyAcad
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How To Academy Presents
William Dalrymple and Sam Dalrymple:
The Rise and Fall of the British Raj share.google/k9RSHZ2sGjmqiit…
Fri 9 Jul 2027, Barbican Hall
@howtoacademy
@SamDalrymple123
@BarbicanCentre
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"Al Jazeera's Deja Vu Points Out How Ancient India Is the World's Forgotten Superpower, drawing on William Dalrymple's The Golden Road. It argues that ancient India, not the Silk Road, sat at the centre of global trade, religion & mathematics & asks why the world forgot it.
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Im Alter bedauerte Martin Luther, den #Reformationstag ausgerechnet auf Helloween gelegt zu haben. Er schrieb an Melanchthon: „Es sint meine Teutschen abgelencket durch Gauckelwerk von disem teufflischen kürbiswahn, wider den ich zu felde liege und ihn schier weg hawen will.“
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Newton'un olumunun 300. yili olacak 2027. Biz de bu yildonumunu bir kitap ile anacagiz. Ucundan gorundu editorlugunu yaptigim ve katkida bulundugum Newton and Newtonianism kitabimiz, linkte katkida bulunanlar ve aciklamasi yer aliyor.
routledge.com/Newton-and-New…
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Of all the propagandists out there delighting in the mass slaughter of Palestinians and Lebanese over the last months, few are more irredeemably vile than Douglas Murray
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#NewPublication
Studies and Texts in Medieval Jewish Philosophy and Science in Honor of Resianne Fontaine
eds. Steven Harvey et al. BRill, 2026
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Spiritual Investment in the World: Jewish Theologies of Worldliness
brill.com/display/title/7208…
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I was looking at a map this morning that showed which parts of the globe were in sunlight and thinking about how the sunrise line moves through the year. That motivated the animated gif below.
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Here we are in peak "hAlLoWeeN wuZ pAgaN!" season, once again. It comes around faster every year. See below for your full debunking resources:
nitter.cf/TimONeill007/status/18…
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Here we go again. No, Halloween was imported to your isles from seventh century Italy and Frankia. Samhain is ancient (probably), but that - contrary to a zillion pop history fakelore articles - has little to do with Halloween other than a coincidence of dates. See below -
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Next Thursday, November 5, I am happy to host Federica Bonacini in my class. She will speak of women, environment and science. If you are in Rome, join us! #histsci #envhist #women #genderstudies
I look very forward to it!
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🔬🎃 Who’s afraid of a microscope? Curious to find out what’s hiding in the dark? Check out our latest blog, "Who’s afraid of a microscope?", and uncover the spooky secrets of science: ow.ly/FsCI5102v8V
#HistoryOfScience #Microscopy #Halloween
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Try @DalrympleWill ‘s podcast series @EmpirePodUK for more detail on the subject area youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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November is just around the corner! From hands-on microscope sessions to interactive Light and Space backpacks, we've got something in store for you. Stop by the Museum this month to explore the fascinating histories on display in our galleries.
#HistoryofScience #WhatsOnOxford
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The decline of mathematics in late Antiquity and the Early Modern Period and its rise under Islam a sketch #histsci
thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/10…
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Coming up with the
CSMBR ONLINE LECTURE SERIES
👉csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/..…
#CSMBR #HistoryOfMedicine #FrenchPox #LuesVenerea #Syphilis #EarlyModernHistory #Nuremberg #HistoryOfContagion #MedicalCharity #OnlineLecture
