Blogging the history of science 11 Aug 20084 Oct 2017 A chance link to my blog has led me through an ego search to find Will Thomas’ most excellent Ether Wave Propaganda blog. Will is a historian of science post-doc, I think, and he has an engaging style. Coincidentally, John Lynch lists various links to history of science, including a number of bloggers (your host included). It looks like the beginnings of a Mexican wave of historians. I recommend Will’s post linked to at the start of this post as a discussion of the role and justification for doing history of science. Uncategorized
Uncategorized Philosophy of Biology workshop at Madison in 2010 5 Apr 2009 I received this via Channels: Dear Philosophers of Biology, You’ll be interested in the first biennial “Philosophy of Biology @ Madison” workshop/conference that we’ll be hosting in Madison a year from May. It’s a ways off, but note that submitted abstracts are due earlier than you might think: September. This… Read More
Uncategorized On epigenetics 6 Apr 2009 Here is an interesting discussion of a recent paper on the operational and theoretical definitions of “epigenetics”. This term – which has a deep history, well before genetics – is interpreted in every manner from inherited histone patterns on chromosomes to parental investment and extrasomatic inheritance. The authors of the… Read More
Interestingly (to me) I read the title of this post as referring to the History of blogging-about-science rather than blogging about the History of Science. It was not, in fact, until I read the last three words of the post that I realised and went back to re-read the post from the beginning. I wonder why I read it that way even though I think that History of Science is The Most Awesomest Thing Evar… hmm
Interestingly (to me) I read the title of this post as referring to the History of blogging-about-science rather than blogging about the History of Science. It was not, in fact, until I read the last three words of the post that I realised and went back to re-read the post from the beginning. I wonder why I read it that way even though I think that History of Science is The Most Awesomest Thing Evar… hmm
Oh and your link to me doesn’t go to the post: http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/08/the_big_list_of_history_of_sci.php
Oh and your link to me doesn’t go to the post: http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/08/the_big_list_of_history_of_sci.php
Oh and your link to me doesn’t go to the post: http://scienceblogs.com/strangerfruit/2008/08/the_big_list_of_history_of_sci.php
ephant – I read it that way too. If someone were to write a history of science blogging, The Most Awesomest Thing Evar would be the perfect title.
ephant – I read it that way too. If someone were to write a history of science blogging, The Most Awesomest Thing Evar would be the perfect title.
ephant – I read it that way too. If someone were to write a history of science blogging, The Most Awesomest Thing Evar would be the perfect title.
ephant – I read it that way too. If someone were to write a history of science blogging, The Most Awesomest Thing Evar would be the perfect title.