Monthly Archives: June 2011

Roy Chapman Andrews and the Kingdom of the Cretaceous Skulls

Posted on June 12, 2011 by davidbressan

Modern pop-culture legends tells that one of the most well-known adventurers and archaeologists in movie history, Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Jr. – or Indiana Jones (“who becomes 30” this very day), was loosely based on real naturalists, one of them … Continue reading →

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On this day in history!

Posted on June 11, 2011 by thonyc

Some important and not so important occurrences in the history of the sciences that took place on June 11th.

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History and Historians of Philosophy

Posted on June 8, 2011 by Will Thomas

I’ve been noticing lately that historians of philosophy have been articulating some friction with the mainstream philosophy community.  The issues seem to be the straightforward problems of building a history when present disciplinary concerns are overbearing.  In the New York … Continue reading →

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Fictional science

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Rebekah Higgitt

Yesterday, I went to the British Library’s exhibition on science fiction, Out of this World, which does an immensely good job of making exhibition cases displaying little but books interesting and engaging. There are graphics, a select number of objects, … Continue reading →

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Developing, Flying, and Losing the Rogallo Wing

Posted on June 6, 2011 by asteitel

Over at Vintage Space, I’ve been talking a lot about landing methods and why splashdowns were never a long-term method of returning from space. Of all landing systems NASA ever considered, my favourite is the Rogallo wing – the inflatable … Continue reading →

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Bloggers, “On Giants’ Shoulders” needs YOU!

Posted on June 3, 2011 by thonyc

The history of science blog carnival “On Giants’ Shoulders”, which is entering its fourth year in July, needs new hosts. If you have a blog and think you can host the best history of science blog carnival in the galaxy … Continue reading →

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Thank You and So Long, Roger Hahn

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Will Thomas

I’ve just learned that historian of science Roger Hahn of the University of California at Berkeley has died.  Prof. Hahn was responsible for the fine work, The Anatomy of a Scientific Institution: The Paris Academy of Sciences, 1666-1803 (1971), as … Continue reading →

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