This week, I maybe learned something new, or maybe I relearned something I already knew. Who knows? Welcome to academia. Read More
Month: April 2019
An Angry History of Science Part 3: Astrology isn’t all horoscopes
In this series, I’m talking about big issues in how we think about our scientific past. This week I get into more detail about how astronomy broke away from astrology. Read the first post in this series, on ancient Greece and math. Read the second post, on the Scientific Revolution. Read More
Research Progress Notes – Week of April 15th
Oh hey, I got to look at a manuscript this week! And I asked my advisor some embarrassing questions about Latin.
An Angry History of Science Part 2: The Scientific Revolution didn’t trash Catholicism
In this series, I’m talking about big issues in how we think about our scientific past. This week I get into more detail about what the Scientific Revolution did and didn’t do. Read the first post in this series, on ancient Greece and math. Read More
Research Progress Notes – Week of April 8th
There wasn’t a whole lot of actual research this week, but I did write a lot. Read More
An Angry History of Science, Part 1: The Greeks didn’t invent science and all we got was their lousy math
A friend recently asked me how to explain to a group of normal, reasonable people that the ancient Greeks didn’t invent science Read More
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