thomas kuhn: the man who changed the way the world...
Fifty years ago,a book by Thomas Kuhn altered the way we look at the philosophy behind science, as...
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boundary objects and beyond
Copy Working with Leigh Star Susan Leigh Star (1954–2010) was one of the most influential science...
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seeing pluto strain pain and awesome science ...
As we savor spectacular images of Pluto today,spare a thought for the person who first saw it 85...
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frank malina and an overlooked space age milestone...
70 years ago,America’s first successful liquid-fuelled rocket was launched. But politics prevented...
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humphry davy and the safety lamp controversy ...
This year marks the bicentenary of the invention of the Davy Lamp. But should credit for the first...
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babbages brain galileos finger: six macabre...
The H Word blogs Halloween special looks at the displayed bodily remains of six scientific savants -...
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captain cook and australia day: invasion,...
Captain Cook’s contested reputation casts him as imperialist villain or man of science. Whatever...
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flat earthers aren t the only ones getting things...
Any mention of flat-Earthers brings out the insults – and historical blunders An article on this...
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the greenwich longitude exhibition on tour |...
As a National Maritime Museum exhibition on the 18th-century quest for longitude tours the...
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how to spot a doctor before the invention of the...
Today anyone who wants to demonstrate a doctor’ will include a stethoscope. What was used before...
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056 366: speakingkid [uncertain principles]
SteelyKid’s second-grade course is doing a “Zoom Time” thing where the kids make short...
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084 366: woodpecker [uncertain principles]
I was headed outside to take a bunch of photos with which I draw to conclude some SCIENCE!,but that...
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035 366: trike rack [uncertain principles]
Another fall day,another holiday closing at the JCC. I was home with The Pip for most of the day,...
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034 366: dinner [uncertain principles]
A big chunk of Sunday was lost to a wretched cold– despite a two-hour afternoon nap,I was asleep...
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080 366: iso revisited [uncertain principles]
A dinky while back,I did a comparison of the different ISO settings on my camera, and a bunch of...
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077 366: quantum books [uncertain principles]
Another talk-prep photo,because I wanted a shot to propose the academic side of quantum physics. Of...
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071 366: levee of leaves [uncertain principles]
Spent all day yesterday with SteelyKid,who, while she was officially medically diagnosed as...
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060 366: falling [uncertain principles]
This is basically the shot I was trying to get yesterday when I ended up settling for an evil...
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054 366: unprecedented catblogging [uncertain...
As noted yesterday,I’m visiting my sister for a few days, since I was on the West Coast besides....
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043 366: morning walk [uncertain principles]
I’m helping coach SteelyKid’s soccer practice tonight,but that’s no problem for the...
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031 366: it begins [uncertain principles]
It’s October 1,aka “the day it starts being hard to support track of what number photo we’re...
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007 366: lake [uncertain principles]
Having made a passing mention of the lake in my domestic town yesterday,it seems appropriate to post...
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005 366: don t need a weatherman to know which way...
Today was a busy day– the kids played around my parents’ house for a while,then we went to the...
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042 366: distortion [uncertain principles]
For the 42nd installment of this photo-a-day thing,it seems appropriate to try to execute some...
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019 366: lots of steelykids [uncertain principles]
Weekends around here tend to be ridiculously busy,so you glean a cell-phone photo again. But with a...
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018 366: cute new toy [uncertain principles]
There’s only one obvious choice for today’s photo of the day,namely the brand new lens that just...
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008 366: constraints [uncertain principles]
I’m playing around with the various camera lenses I own,which include a rarely-used fixed 50mm...
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revolutionary! why was 1700s france such a fertile...
Steve Jones on science at the time of the French revolution - and why scientists were among the...
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revolutionary! why was 1700s france such a fertile...
Steve Jones on science at the time of the French revolution - and why scientists were among the...
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070 366: scientists for scale [uncertain...
Another delayed photo-of-the-day,because SteelyKid was sent domestic with strep throat yesterday....
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057 366: last practice [uncertain principles]
I did take some DSLR photos today,but the photo of the day is a cell-phone shot from the final...
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052 366: fire sheep [uncertain principles]
Having a slow morning here in Sacramento,because yesterday started before 4am and ended after 1am,...
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045 366: home improvement [uncertain principles]
In addition to a bunch of work-related stuff,I’m trying to devote some time during my sabbatical...
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040 366: soccerkid [uncertain principles]
Rhett is off at some sort of football game,but don’t worry, I’ll step up to make certain the...
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025 366: teaser [uncertain principles]
I spent a while nowadays shooting video of myself on the back porch. Which technically qualifies for...
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021 366: sunrise again [uncertain principles]
I took this yesterday morning while walking the dog,and said “Yep, there’s the photo of the...
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010 366: sparringkid [uncertain principles]
I said when I started this that there would inevitably be a few cell-phone snapshots,on days when...
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006 366: eponymous [uncertain principles]
nowadays’s photo-of-the-day is of the point that gives my home town of Whitney Point its name- the...
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036 366: pine bush [uncertain principles]
The difficult-to-spell name “Schenectady” (where Union is located) derives from a Mohawk word...
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023 366: green mountains [uncertain principles]
This afternoon,I drove over to Vermont to give a talk on “What to recount Your Dog approximately...
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022 366: my office [uncertain principles]
Over the final few years,I’ve developed a routine of working at Starbucks in the early morning,...
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092 366: rejected currency [uncertain principles]
It’s cold and rainy today– you know, like it’s supposed to be in December in the Northeast–...
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087 366: happy thanksgiving [uncertain principles]
We’re at my parents’ house in Scenic Whitney Point,NY, for Thanksgiving, or so of course...
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046 366: alchemy [uncertain principles]
It was kind of an annoying week in a number of respects,which called for something frivolous and...
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093 366: talk prep, continued [uncertain...
The Internet was really flaky at Chateau Steelypips for the final couple of days,and I was kind of...
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081 366: pre dawn [uncertain principles]
For a brief,glorious moment the time change meant that I didn’t need a flashlight for my weekday...
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047 366: late bloomers [uncertain principles]
Another Saturday full of kid stuff,mainly a rather brisk soccer game– around 45F at game time,...
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032 366: symmetry [uncertain principles]
Took the camera along this afternoon when I took Emmy for a walk (Kate and I are going to see The...
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030 366: liquid optics [uncertain principles]
It’s rained fairly steadily for the last couple of days,which is to be expected. This also sent me...
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016 366: depth of field follies [uncertain...
I’ve been doing a lot of opining on my blogs of late,and much less science-ing that I would like....
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089 366: seasonal [uncertain principles]
Saturday was still warm,but grey and rainy, so we needed indoor activities. We took the kids down to...
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053 366: mount rubidoux [uncertain principles]
Having successfully given two talks in Sacramento,Im spending a few days visiting my sister in...
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038 366: cloudy conjunction [uncertain principles]
In yesterday’s crude astrophotography post,I mentioned that the conjunction of Venus and the Moon...
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013 366: accessorize! [uncertain principles]
Elite Northeastern private college tuition and fees (1989-1993): ~$80000 Gold course ring from elite...
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017 366: guessing game [uncertain principles]
SteelyKid’s elementary school had their annual open house tonight,and they tried something...
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075 366: monochrome [uncertain principles]
Another day when I only took a couple of pictures,on the morning dog walk. I noticed that one of the...
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095 366: second grade movember [uncertain...
Both SteelyKid’s elementary school and her after-school day care had “book fairs” this week....
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