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Sometimes at the end of a long week, I realize any phrase written in trochaic tetrameter can be sung to the tune of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song.

And that's all the excuse I need for another totally radical edition of

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2021-07-17

Inigo Jones, an English was born in 1573. Jones is noted for being the first to introduce Italian architectural style into Great Britain. Learn more about Jones in his profile: https://t.co/Yxb3uMAnvV

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2021-07-16

Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish was born in 1577. Rubens was one of the best-educated artists of the Learn more about Rubens in his Profile: https://t.co/Qa4Gfsr7ue

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2021-06-28

Engraving of the physical cosmos from Sphaera triplex (1662) by Gabriele Beati, an Italian Jesuit mathematician and 's

(Be sure to read until the end for a cameo by 's Kerry Magruder!)

https://t.co/ORCm4JtLNP

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2021-06-22

Want to be as knowledgeable about as Sterling

Check out 's profile of Karl Landsteiner, the Austrian physician who isolated the polio virus & confirmed the existence of blood types!

https://t.co/6Qw999ipBu

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2021-06-14

Francis Lister Hawks, American Episcopal priest who wrote the official narrative of Matthew Perry's 1852-54 expedition to is 's

https://t.co/36Pn2ke9lK

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2021-06-10

Stefano della Bella, an Italian artist and engraver, was born in 1610. Della Bella designed and etched the frontispiece to Galileo’s Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632). Learn more in his profile: https://t.co/PdJhe3lnbS

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2021-05-18

The astrologer and physician Anthony Ascham's astronomy book from 1526-27 at translated Sacrobosco's "De sphaera mundi" and also included Ascham's poem about the magician Saint Cyprian of Antioch: https://t.co/2Xsh5rb1LS

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2021-05-05

Dati's "La Sfera" from ca. 1450-1500 at , a rhyming explanation of astronomy and navigation with lovely tinted drawings: https://t.co/lO2aeoXiUT

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2021-05-04

Taken from an upcoming Special Issue published in Notes and Records find out about Taylor White's Collection of paintings from the 1700s https://t.co/bBmjSRIzur

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2021-04-30

Taken from an upcoming Special Issue for Notes and Records this paper explores Taylor White (1701–1772) who has been substantially ignored in the historiography of science https://t.co/xLldqpbjLy

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2021-04-30

Eugène Delacroix, a French artist, was born in 1798. Delacroix is known as one of the most important figures of French Romanticism. Learn more about Delacroix in his profile: https://t.co/4RVe1NYi5Q

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2021-04-27

"The boundaries between science and art often overlap, to the benefit of both..." -

Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic artist with a passion for is 's

https://t.co/sPTzVfNfbc

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2021-04-26

Just wrapped up my second rare book presentation of the week, focusing on the history of in the Middle East and East Asia.

Many thanks to & for their assistance identifying some top-notch titles for tonight's discussion!

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2021-04-16

Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux, French anatomist who became famous for manufacturing papier-mâché anatomical models, is 's

https://t.co/IUPjdwj29j

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2021-04-07

And we're live! Please join us for the final session on instruments.

Note: Contrary to 's generous intro, I probably won't be livetweeting since I will be moderating the discussion. (Maybe one of my friends will step in?)

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2021-04-07

Wow, we're at the 1-year anniversary of Virtual HistSTM.

Thank you to everyone for your support. I'm really looking forward to sharing what's next for us. 😊

We started with a $20 Zoom account and now we're here to stay (hopefully with more funding down the line). https://t.co/g3A6VDmJAE

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2021-03-30

Nathaniel Bowditch, American mathematician and author of The New American Practical Navigator (which remains in print over 200 yrs later!), is 's

https://t.co/6yEVf5pQzZ

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2021-03-26

François-Marie Daudin, a French zoologist & author of an 8-volume natural history of is 's

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https://t.co/qM2VFvoo6W

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2021-03-25

I've finally startet this blog about the - an important and fascinating / in Thanks to & for showing me great which will feature too. Stay tuned & have a look: https://t.co/8rdrP6tLlX https://t.co/IckRgo23jy

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2021-03-22