A large number of significant but minor figures in the history of science tend to get lost in the shadows of those, whom we have raised to god like status within that history; whole hordes have bee…

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A large number of significant but minor figures in the history of science tend to get lost in the shadows of those, whom we have raised to god like status within that history; whole hordes have bee…

Tech Oligarchy Forum - Part 1. Volume 35, Issue 3 of Science as Culture

Joe Saunders Mulberries are wonderful trees bearing lovely fruit. Despite their distinctiveness these trees ‘are often overlooked and even at the height of their fruit season they can remain unnoti…

Those who still mistakenly subscribe to the White-Draper hypothesis of a war of religion against science, and these days it is mostly gnu atheists and their ilk, invariably produce lists of the mar…

Recipes through the Ages Friday, November 13, 2026 Join EMROC, Wellcome Collection, and theRoyal College of Physicians for a day of transcribing, virtual chatting, and live talks.  This year we are ex...

Modernists believed that “form follows function.” Form Follows Fuel shows that in fact energy has been the biggest influence on the world’s architecture

YouTube video by Diana Greenwald

Those who still mistakenly subscribe to the White-Draper hypothesis of a war of religion against science, and these days it is mostly gnu atheists and their ilk, invariably produce lists of the mar…

In 1957, building finished on what was then the largest radio telescope in the world

I’m continuing my look at the French mathematician astronomers of the seventeenth century with some of those, who were both members of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc’s group of telescopic, as…

YouTube video by Astronomer Royal Scotland Prof Catherine Heymans

I’m continuing my look at the French mathematician astronomers of the seventeenth century with some of those, who were both members of Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc’s group of telescopic, as…

Podcast Episode · New Books in the History of Science · September 25 · 59m

A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF 2026“A truly remarkable achievement.” —Jill Lepore“A gorgeous story of human nature and animal behavior—and of the way science itself evolves.” —Dava SobelThe tumultuous life...

When I was growing up in the dim and distant twentieth century spin-off was one of the most frequently used buzz words in the public discussion of science and technology; a spin-off being an uninte…

When I was growing up in the dim and distant twentieth century spin-off was one of the most frequently used buzz words in the public discussion of science and technology; a spin-off being an uninte…

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

We have been looking at the historical development of the method of exhaustion in Ancient Greece and China. Parallels are often drawn, not incorrectly, between the method of exhaustion and integral…

We have been looking at the historical development of the method of exhaustion in Ancient Greece and China. Parallels are often drawn, not incorrectly, between the method of exhaustion and integral…

I done fucked up! In the last post in this series I stated that Zu Chongzhi’s determination of the value of Pi was the most accurate until the sixteenth century and the determination of  the German…