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WerkstattGeschichte<p>Mit Heft 81 „steine“ erschien heute vor 5 Jahren die erste <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WerkstattGeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WerkstattGeschichte</span></a> beim neuen Verlag, schönen Dank an <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/transcript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transcript</span></a> in Bielefeld für die Zusammenarbeit!<br>Der Thementeil, hg. von Susann Lewerenz &amp; Veronika Springmann, bot Beiträge von Sebastian Felten (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Bergbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bergbau</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>18thCentury</span></a>), Kathrin Rottmann (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Pflastersteine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pflastersteine</span></a> #1968) &amp; Regina Sarreiter (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Steinwerkzeuge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Steinwerkzeuge</span></a>, koloniale <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Ethnologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethnologie</span></a>).</p><p>Dies &amp; mehr online unter: <a href="https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/steine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_au</span><span class="invisible">sgaben/steine/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/histknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histknow</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to botanist &amp; photography trailblazer Anna Atkins (1799-1871), née Children!</p><p>Atkins’ mother died when she was still an infant, but she was close with her naturalist father &amp; received a much more scientific education than was common for women in her time. Her 250 detailed engravings of shells were used to illustrate her father’s translation of Lamarck’s ‘Genera of Shells’; 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cyanotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyanotype</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Botany</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womensHistoryMonth</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a>. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, &amp; purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music,🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WomenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomer</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>This week's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NewBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewBooks</span></a> at the library: Second-hand copies of The Theory of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a>: Principles, Concepts, and Assumptions from The University of Chicago Press; An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Huxley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Huxley</span></a> Family from Allen Lane (sans dustjacket); and Mind Over Magma: The Story of <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/IgneousPetrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IgneousPetrology</span></a> from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/EarthSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EarthSciences</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a></p>
Thony Christie<p>Book Review: Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/03/13/history-of-maths-for-beginners/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/03/1</span><span class="invisible">3/history-of-maths-for-beginners/</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Mercury, final prompt for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printerSolstice2425" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printerSolstice2425</span></a>, made me think of <a href="https://spore.social/tags/alchemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alchemy</span></a>. It is an element the alchemists favoured &amp; felt was fundamental in their efforts to transmute base into precious metals, both in western &amp; Chinese alchemy (from whence western alchemy emerged).</p><p>This is my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> portrait of an <a href="https://spore.social/tags/alchemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alchemist</span></a> known as Master Geng (before ~975, 耿先生; Gěng Xiānshēng, sometimes Kêng Hsien-shêng). 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to chemist William Henry Perkin (1838-1907)! This <a href="https://spore.social/tags/lino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lino</span></a> block print ‘William Henry Perkin Discovers Mauve’ is about how the British chemist &amp; entrepreneur made the serendipitous discovery of the 1st synthetic organic dye: mauveine. ⁠<br>⁠<br>Perkins entered the Royal College of Chemistry in London in 1853 when he was only 15, studying with August Wilhelm von Hofmann. 🧵1/n<br>⁠<br><a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/dye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dye</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemist</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FashionHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FashionHistory</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/purple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purple</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mauve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mauve</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/colour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colour</span></a></p>
Thony Christie<p>Frisian astronomer David Fabricius, who was the first to record the observation of a variable star, was born 9 March 1564 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-how-i-wonder-where-you-went/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2009/08/0</span><span class="invisible">3/twinkle-twinkle-little-star-how-i-wonder-where-you-went/</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>This week's <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/NewBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewBooks</span></a> at the library: Two more copies of the <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/CharlesDarwin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesDarwin</span></a> correspondence project, obtained via second-hand booksellers at very reasonable prices; Multicellularity: Origins and Evolution from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/@themitpress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>themitpress</span></a></span>; and Diana Preston's The Evolution of Charles Darwin from Grove Press</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalWomensDay</span></a> a short thread of my ongoing series of portraits of women in science through history. If you look for them, they’re there. I’m up to 67 now! Here’s to the day when a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field!</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/IWD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IWD</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/IWD2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IWD2025</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printerSolstice2425" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printerSolstice2425</span></a> prompt silicon my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> of brilliant trailblazing US <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geologist</span></a> &amp; prof Florence Bascom (1862-1945) who championed women’s education, &amp; used polarizing microscopes for detailed petrographic analysis to show that rocks previously identified as sedimentary were in fact metamorphosed volcanic rocks she called aporhyolite (implying a change in rhyolite, a silica rich igneous rock, as in her 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Since silicon is a common element in the crust, for the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printersolstice2425" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printersolstice2425</span></a> prompt silicon I’m making a portrait of trailblazing geologist Florence Bascom (1862-1945), complete with geological cross sections and thin sections from her publications.<br>🧵1/2</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/wip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wip</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mineralogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mineralogy</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geologist</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/FlorenceBascom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FlorenceBascom</span></a></p>
The Inquisitive Biologist<p>Radical by Nature is out in paperback! This is an in-depth, intimate, and tremendously enjoyable biography of the long and remarkable life of Victorian naturalist <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AlfredRusselWallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlfredRusselWallace</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/11/01/book-review-radical-by-nature-the-revolutionary-life-of-alfred-russel-wallace/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/</span><span class="invisible">11/01/book-review-radical-by-nature-the-revolutionary-life-of-alfred-russel-wallace/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evolution</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfScience</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistSci</span></a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scicomm</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonupress</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonnature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>princetonnature</span></a></span></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>Happy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer. </p><p>What made Mercator a great <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cartographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartographer</span></a>, was in fact his abilities as a <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematician</span></a> -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn’t hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/geographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geographer</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mapart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mapart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mercator</span></a></p>
Thony Christie<p>In his Oculus, hoc est: Fundamentum opticum, the Jesuit Christoph Scheiner confirmed Kepler's retinal image hypothesis <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/from-τὰ-φυσικά-ta-physika-to-physics-xxxix/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2025/03/0</span><span class="invisible">5/from-τὰ-φυσικά-ta-physika-to-physics-xxxix/</span></a></p>
Thony Christie<p>Innovative cartographer Gerard Mercator was born 5 March 1512 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/its-not-the-mercator-projection-its-the-mercator-wright-projection/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/03/0</span><span class="invisible">5/its-not-the-mercator-projection-its-the-mercator-wright-projection/</span></a><br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/11/06/the-first-atlas/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2012/11/0</span><span class="invisible">6/the-first-atlas/</span></a></p>
Kent Navalesi ☕️<p>This weekend we had the honor of touring the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisconsin</span></a>, and staying in the historic home of astronomer William Morgan. It was an unforgettable experience with some dear friends.</p><p>Yerkes is open for tours and is undergoing renovation into a living museum/science <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> center. Learn about the history of the site and plan a visit here: <a href="https://yerkesobservatory.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">yerkesobservatory.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wi</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/glam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glam</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/STEMEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEMEducation</span></a></p>
Thony Christie<p>The Swiss master clock and scientific instrument maker, Jost Bürgi, was born 28 February 1552 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histtech</span></a> <br><a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/a-swiss-clockmaker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/02/2</span><span class="invisible">8/a-swiss-clockmaker/</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For the <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printerSolstice2425" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printerSolstice2425</span></a> prompt sodium, my <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linocut</span></a> of Marie Meudrac (c. 1610-1680), a woman in science right at the transition between alchemy &amp; chemistry. Born to a land-owning family, she moved to the Château de Grosbois after marrying, where she became good friends with Countess de Guiche. She wrote ‘La Chymie Charitable et Facile, en Faveur des Dames’ [Easy Charitable Chemistry for Ladies]. She had her own lab where she tested all 🧵</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
Ele Willoughby, PhD<p>For <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> pharmaceutical <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemist</span></a> Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leprosy</span></a>. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile &amp; painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, &amp; she was a trailblazer for women &amp; Black scientists.⁠<br>⁠<br>Ball studied <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> at UW earning a BSc &amp; 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 🧵1/n</p><p><a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>printmaking</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sciart</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>womenInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histsci</span></a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>
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