Decoding Newton’s writings (James R. Voelkel, Science History Institute)
Using new scientific methods to determine the course of Newton's thinking.
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11, 2021
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04, 2018
Following DNA pathways in the weave of history (Paul Rincon, BBC Science)
How ancient DNA reveals the historic travels of our ancestors.
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04, 2018
History and the Natural Sciences
Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) assesses, for his students in Basel, the relation between history and the natural sciences, “the only disinterested comrades we have.” […]
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02, 2018
Science, art, and modern history
Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.
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01, 2018
On science and ignorance, and re-viewing the history of “progress”
How science meets its limits in questions awaiting answers.
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02, 2017
DNA and dynasty: tracing history through science (Andrew Curry, National Geographic)
Modern DNA analysis reveals clues to changes in Native American society beginning in the ninth century CE.
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12, 2016
Science and the music of history
Science and the music of history: is this a new age of knowledge? A scientist and an historian discuss the value of the past, and the promise of the future. Scientist: Hey there, Scrupulus, what have you been up to this morning? Historian: Oh hello, Speculus. Just listening to music. Scientist: I like to do that, [...]
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11, 2016
Platinum, poetry, and the past: using science to imagine the poet’s response to history
Platinum, poetry, and the past: using science to imagine the poet's response to history Honest criticism and sensitive appreciation is directed not upon the poet but upon the poetry.... In the last article I tried to point out the importance of the relation of the poem to other poems by other authors, and suggested the conception [...]
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09, 2016
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02, 2016
History and nemesis, the natural and moral sciences
Thoughts of Frederick Douglass on finding the trajectory of moral and social justice in the course of history. There is, in the world's government, a force which has in all ages been recognized, sometimes as Nemesis, sometimes as the judgment of God and sometimes as retributive justice; but under whatever name, all history attests the [...]