# parkinsonsdisease otd fossil icymi eqhist darwin histsci womeninstem sciart rca innovation tvsoftomorrow electronics lcd harvard astronomy spectroscopy portuguesemanowar birdofparadise zoology cosmospossibleworlds lysenko coldwar bshsglobalhist botany physics thermodynamics yale bizhis telecoms aghist envhist redsnowday kcmo superbowl redsnow chiefskingdom arthistory archivescience archives nietzsche philsci

James Parkinson, English surgeon & namesake of was born 1755.

In addition to his medical research, Parkinson was an avid collector & published a 3-volume paleontological work (Organic Remains of a Former World).

https://t.co/jM1T6pyyh4

3 9
2020-04-12

Yesterday's Scientist of the Day was George Douglas, the Scottish gentleman scientist who complicated 19th century discussions of heredity with his paper on the quagga (seen here).

https://t.co/CkaPDP16mM

1 1
2020-04-05

A review essay has appeared by in covering three recent books about

Ken Thompson: Darwin’s Most Wonderful Plants

: On the Backs of Tortoises

: Evolution Before Darwin

https://t.co/t4rtCFFCbg

6 15
2020-04-03

Engravings from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by naturalist and scientific illustrator, Maria Sibylla Merian.

Merian was born 1647. Further details about her remarkable life: https://t.co/dvqS0lc41j

6 13
2020-04-02

Welsh artist and illustrator Moses Griffith was born 1747.

These drawings are from a set of Griffith's sketchbooks that purchased in 1952.

Further info: https://t.co/blCLWH508E

0 4
2020-03-25

2018: published my book on & the development of the first LCDs.

If you're looking for a behind-the-screens story of high-tech why not add The to your library today?

https://t.co/zVpzYKLba0

1 2
2020-03-23

Antonia Maury, American astronomer who worked at the College Observatory & discovered the first spectroscopic binary, was born 1866.

Further details via : https://t.co/Pp0yRBMNbr


2 4
2020-03-21

Looking for some extra content this morning?

It's time for you to learn your Lesson.

René Primevére Lesson, French naval officer & zoologist, is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/aOMicXrJs4

5 13
2020-03-21

Everything seems to be going great for Nikolai Vavilov so far! Do you think his story will have a happy ending?


0 1
2020-03-17

Interesting parallels here between Polynesian voyagers traveling across the Pacific and future expeditions across the vast oceans of space.

More information on Hawaiian constellations and wayfinding: https://t.co/SeretfZSM3

0 3
2020-03-16

in 2009, the Vatican launched a 5-day conference to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Charles Origin of Species

The conference was intended in part to confirm that belief in evolution by natural selection is compatible with Catholic teachings

0 3
2020-03-04

1/12 While Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1817-1898), founder of , is a well-known figure in South Asia, his contributions to science education and popularization are relatively unexamined. Today, I am going to introduce us to some examples

8 36
2020-02-13

Another potential namesake for wisteria is American physician Caspar Wistar, who succeeded Thomas Jefferson as president of .

Further details courtesy of : https://t.co/QxGpPuhil0

0 2
2020-02-12

Josiah Willard Gibbs - American physicist, free energy namesake, and proud son of Eli ( Class of 1858, PhD 1863) - is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/RjoSBL10LB


3 4
2020-02-11

1802 Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS was born - scientist, electric telegraph inventor & a founder of the company that ultimately evolved into today's BT https://t.co/FKIJyUj65D 1/2

6 11
2020-02-07

"Making fruit attractive in print is not easy."

John Lindley, English horticulturalist and author of Pomologia Britannica (1841), is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/X0qbbZh52E


2 9
2020-02-06

It's a in Most schools & cultural institutions, including , are closed so people can celebrate the ' victory.

The image below, featuring actual is from John Ross, A Voyage of Discovery (1819).

3 12
2020-02-05

Ogden Nicholas Rood, American physicist whose work on color theory may have inspired the Neo-Impressionists, is 's Scientist of the Day!

https://t.co/oDdaMscrHp

5 9
2020-02-03

W H Preece, the telegraph, telephone and wireless radio pioneer, a great Welsh scientist, was appointed GPO Engineer-in-Chief and Electrician 1892. He was an early mentor of Marconi https://t.co/EPMgWM9q9j

7 18
2019-11-18

How can the writings of Friedrich enhance our understanding of modern science?

Find out tomorrow at a lecture by research fellow Will Parkhurst.

Registration & livestream details: https://t.co/PEsRzkecGV

(Img HT )

3 3
2019-08-14