Has anyone shown him Greenland on a non-Mercator projection?

Medicinal pig-flavoured fizz with dinner? Joseph Priestley published a way to make carbonated water (copying "medicinal waters" of spa towns) in 1772, bubbling carbon dioxide from a pig bladder through water. Glass vessels later dealt with the hints of pig, then Johan Schweppe scaled up production.

Doing a Q and A on the podcast for Xmas. Not sure how many of my listeners see these posts but if you do feel free to drop a question below.

New episode this weekend, start of the Johannes Kepler story! (Posting this so I actually have to finish it).

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Books are not a visual medium. This means your big desire to describe the appearance of your main character is a mistake. You can describe them over time but that description is not critical to your reader aligning with your character. We align through behaviors. #writingcommunity #booksky

Was interviewed by Gerry Fialka this weekend. If you want to hear me talk about life, philosophy etc. here it is: www.youtube.com/live/xCWmMAw...

Aristotle wasn’t just a philosopher — he was also the world’s first serious zoologist. More than 2,000 years ago, he began observing animals closely, recording their bodies, habits and behaviour. 🧵 Here are a few of his strangest and most impressive discoveries:

Working on a video for the Complete History of Science Youtube channel. Hope people enjoy it!

Tycho Brahe first episode now live. So much hard work - hope people enjoy.

Aristotle wasn’t just a philosopher — he was also the world’s first serious zoologist. More than 2,000 years ago, he began observing animals closely, recording their bodies, habits and behaviour. 🧵 Here are a few of his strangest and most impressive discoveries:

Hope people enjoy the latest episode on the history of the science of magnetism: open.spotify.com/episode/4b9x...

These clay tablets from 700 B.C. contain the world’s oldest set of surviving scientific data. They are called the MUL.APIN tablets and were created in the ancient civilisation of Babylon. Let’s talk about the first stargazers who turned sky-watching into science. 👇

If you are interested in the History of Science let me know and I will follow you. Just hit like on this thread or say 'Hello!' down below.

Interested in the History of Science? I am going to start a series of threads giving a brief history of science from the beginning. And where else to start but in Ancient Egypt... 🧵