"Illustrations of sea monsters as scientific diagrams...are part of a longer visual history of imaginative images of deep space that brings them into conversation with the first image of a black hole." FANTASTIC read! 👇
Welcome from a historian of science and science writer! Here are some sea monster treats for ocean scientists: aeon.co/essays/how-b...
Like sea monsters on premodern maps, deep-space images are science’s fanciful means to chart the edges of the known world
I have a question for Early Modern Bluesky! One of the sources I've been spending the most time with for my research is Johann Freitag's "Kurtzer Bericht von der Melancholia Hypochondriaca," but actual records about the book and author have been harder to come by. #histsci#histSTM#earlymodern
as a Big Nerd I have to tell you I went to Mendel’s abbey to look at his peas but the most notable part is actually the little hats he made for his microscopes
I love early modern books. I got to a point in a book describing the causes symptoms of melancholia that seemed worth writing down in my notes, and I figured I'd just grab the most important sentence. The sentence in question:
Just walked into the geology section of the Natural History Museum softly chanting “rocks! rocks! rocks!” An old lady nodded. I’ve found my people.
Having a really exciting morning digging into 16th and 17 century primary sources for my research project -- including a first edition "Anatomy of Melancholy" by Robert Burton
