New book review: ‘The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, volume 26 • 1878’ #HistSci
Plant movement, potato blight, an unexpected inheritance, and much more.
The late Steve Silberman was unfailingly kind to me as I navigated a late-in-life autism diagnosis, his intelligence and gentle sense of humor always evident. Here’s a 2017 interview: Misdiagnosed And Misunderstood: Steve Silberman On The Mysteries Of Autism www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
Damn. This is horrible news.
We are bereft: Steve Silberman has died. He was our dear friend, and a tireless and enthusiastic ally to our entire community. His book NeuroTribes enlightened, empowered, and educated millions about autism and autistic people. May his memory be a blessing. www.thesunmagazine.org/articles/249...
People often ask if I believe autism is overdiagnosed, if we’re just slapping a label on geeky kids who in previous generations would have been considered merely eccentric. I reply that I believe auti...
can u imagine the fuckin uproar if kamala harris gave a goofy grin and thumbs up at an arlington national cemetery photo op
The new book "The Land Is Our Community: Aldo Leopold’s Environmental Ethic for the New Millennium" by @cepaea.bsky.socialbibliopen.org/9780226834474#books#nature#ecology#conservation#environment#histsci
New book out today: historian of science Paul Brinkman writes about the era of "salvage collecting" - exciting adventures in Africa raise eerily prescient questions about how to respond to dwindling species. How to save them before they're gone?
24-Aug: On this day in 1831, Charles Darwin's great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow sat down at his desk, took up his pen, and wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the history of science. friendsofdarwin.com/articles/hen...#HistSci
On 24th August 1831, Charles Darwin’s great friend and mentor John Stevens Henslow sat down at his desk, took up his pen, and wrote what turned out to be one of the most important letters in the histo...
FYI, saw this in my journal notifications today: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Published in Annals of Science (Ahead of Print, 2024)