Science History

Émilie Du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #2

Émilie Du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #2 This is a plain text transcription of Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu. For introductory comments, please see Émilie du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #1. Transcription of part 1 follows ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 23 2011 - 1:53pm

Émilie Du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #3

Émilie Du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #3 This is a plain text transcription of Dissertation sur la nature et la propagation du feu- Part 2. For introductory comments, please see Émilie du Châtelet- An Essay On Heat- 1739- #1. [edit- inserted image a ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 23 2011 - 2:18pm

Bat People On The Moon: A Great Moment In 19th Century Science Journalism

Journalism as an occupation with ethical standards was a 20th century invention.  For a brief, shining moment in time, journalists were interested in truth and newspapers flourished.  Truth is subjective, of course, and so are editors who set the tone of n ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Aug 25 2011 - 2:17pm

The Moon And The Telephone

The Moon And The Telephone In the history of the discovery of climate change and its causes, there are many pioneers whose work in relevant areas is all but forgotten.  Some of these people are not widely known.  Others are widely known, but their climate ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 31 2011 - 1:08pm

King Solomon: The Wisest Man Who Ever Lived Was More Like A Gothic Myth

King Solomon is credited with a lot.   He knew everything, he could turn lead into gold, conjure demons and become invisible. Jamaicans even credit him with discovering marijuana.  If you know the Captain Marvel comic book superhero, the keyword he uses to ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2011 - 9:22pm

A Brief History Of Arctic Warming

A Brief History of Arctic Warming ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 13 2011 - 10:20am

The Icebreaker Yermak

The Icebreaker Yermak Vice-Admiral S. Makaroff of the Imperial Russian Navy was primarily an oceanographer.   His paper On some Oceanographic Problems, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Vol. XXII, contains, amongst detailed reports of his ocea ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Oct 15 2011 - 5:04pm

Making friends in Chemistry

A year and a half ago, an article about cycads at the University of Giessen brought to my attention the University’s most famous member, about whom Wikipedia says: ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Nov 4 2011 - 12:14pm

The Illuminated Origin of Species

Teacher turned artist Kelly Houle has set herself to the task of creating an illuminated version of the unabridged first edition of Charles Darwin's world-changing book. An example of such an illuminated page: (Credit: Kelly M. Houle) The project is i ...

Blog Post - Gunnar De Winter - Nov 14 2011 - 11:56am

Marco Polo beat Columbus

A trunk-load of maps and letters reveals Marco Polo’s greatest secrets. He served as a “field agent” for the Polo Brothers’ Spy Team. Sent to observe and infiltrate the government of Kublai Khan, Marco participated in Chinese explorations in the Canadian A ...

Blog Post - Gunnar Thompson - Dec 5 2011 - 7:48pm