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After a long hiatus, AIP's postdoc position for historians of the physical sciences is back! 3 years, $77,500 per year + benefits. Work in the Washington, DC area, close to Univ of Maryland. Open to US citizens/permanent residents. Apply by Nov. 15! #histsci workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...

Tomorrow 9/30 12pm EST, hear historian of science and exploration Michael Robinson talk on "Out There: Scientists, Exoplanets, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life," a Brown Bag for the @amphilsociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4nZBr4S #HPS #histsci

At AIP we've launched a new policy research program to go deep on current questions and pull together more comprehensive pictures. Leading this work, Lindsay Milliken has produced her first public product, a primer on the new $100,000 fee on H-1B petitions.

A photo from a grueling hike in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The views through rain and mist and occasional wings were incredible. Vacation ends soon.

Copenhagen calling for an #HPS postdoc

2025 marks the end of three decades of work in history of physics at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. We talked to Alex Blum, who led the 7-year Final Theory history research group there, about what they learned, how they worked, and how it can be a model for future #histsci.

The journal Earth Science History, which I edited earlier in my career, has an issue out on the discovery of the Megalosaurus

A follow-up to my repost yesterday for applicants to Cambridge

Thinking of an MPhil or PhD in #sts #hst #philsci or #hps? In Cambridge? Apply.

@naomioreskes.bsky.social gave this *excellent* interview at @rigb.org back in May. A great primer on a lot of big problems in science - trust, disinformation, freedom - and why the onus is on scientists 🧪

So excited to share my new article in @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social: "Colonial World-Making and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape of Good Hope" (Open access) academic.oup.com/past/advance...

Check out my contribution to Elena Aronova, @hallucigenia.bsky.social & Marco Tamborini's "Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences," an essay on the "Historiography of the International Geophysical Year (1957–1958)" #histsci #envhist link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

I just noticed that Metropolitan Science will be out in paperback - exciting news! Not available until next year, but can be pre-ordered for a relatively affordable £26.09 @jasminekt.bsky.social www.bloomsbury.com/uk/metropoli... #earlymodern #histSTM 🗃️

A nice article on the importance of long term observing by Chris Trail: theconversation.com/an-underwate...

The environmental effects of, eg, chemicals and burning fossil fuels, are widely known, as are their effects on people. Public awareness is not as evident re solar phenomena and their effects on Earth, health, and modern technologies. Historical perspective is needed. 1/2 #hst

Kerry Goettlich, From Frontiers to Borders: How Colonial Technicians Created Modern Territoriality - Cambridge University Press, August 2025 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

The geosciences provide excellent instances of the both historical and physical approaches to research methods. Where do causal necessity and historicity blend? This CFP is worth reading.

Climbers from around the world test themselves on Everest’s treacherous slopes, enlisting the Sherpas who live in the area. Drawing on field research in the Himalayas, renowned anthropologist Sherry Ortner shares their story. Curious readers, please enjoy 30% off with code PUP30. hubs.ly/Q03xRmQ80

Astronomy, personal and practical.

Historians of geophysics might heed the contemporary concern about the loss of long-term environmental data sets

If you are following the International Congress for History of Science ... online, I will start talking about John Herschel's geological notebooks at 9:30 EDT, Symposium 034, followed next by Jim Secord, Petra Lukeneder, and Martina Koelbl-Ebert

Installment 2 in the history of the Center for History of Physics at #AIP

Installment 1 re the history of the Center for History of Physics at #AIP where I had the opportunity to work for some years

A broadened perspective on maps and survey techniques in the early 19th century in Japan: mixed astronomical and pacing

Love perusing a good map? www.openculture.com/2023/12/the-... The University of Chicago Press has made available online — at no cost – five volumes of The History of Cartography. What a tempting rabbit hole! 😍 #history #cartography #mapmaking #maps #historicalmaps

I am someone with too much practical experience with ticks and Lyme disease. My WVU colleague Sean Lawrence turns the eye of an environmental historian towards the rise of this tick and disease.

An excerpt from my book Sea Level: A History has been published in Issues in Science and Technology! https://issues.org/sea-level-history-hardenberg/ #envhist #histsci

I was an AV aide in school, so I can thread a film loop or load a video tape with the best. My big win today? Recording my conference talk and uploading it to the conference Google drive. Not trivial.

POSITION: Assistant Professor in Global History of Knowledge, Lund University Lund University is looking for a promising, academically young, researcher with an international background who can build and lead a research group within the field of Global History of Knowledge.

I have "finished" my remote presentation for the Internat'l Congress in History of Science in New Zealand, but cannot record it to submit. I think my program is faulty. I'll try recording on an older computer. Love the modern age. The talk is on the geological field work of John Herschel. #histgeo

It was a gravitational spring here at AIP, with our three excellent Trimble lectures: -Peter Galison on imaging black holes -Jaco de Swart on the hunt for dark matter particles -Tiffany Nichols on siting the LIGO gravitational wave detectors Videos here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Today in two weeks (17.06), we'll hold the workshop "Historical Contingency" with Gregory Radick and Robert Northcott as speakers. The event will be hybrid, taking place in person in Ostrava and on Zoom. For more information, see below or here: philevents.org/event/show/1.... All welcome!

I'm looking forward to the arrival of Earth Sciences History. John Diemer is still doing important work for history of geology. He has edited ESH for much longer than I did!

Nominations are now open for the 2026 @royalastrosoc.bsky.social Agnes Mary Clerke Medal for Historical Research in astronomy or geophysics! Deadline 31 July 2025 #histsci Details and link to the nomination form are here: ras.ac.uk/awards-and-g.... Let me know if you have questions or need support

📰 Article on the history of the development of quantum mechanics, including Professor Max Born's contribution to the discovery. Born's archive is at Churchill Archives Centre. #IYQ2025 #Quantum100 #quantum2025 #histsci #histSTM

A mountain stream on Chestnut Ridge, the western edge of the Appalachians.

A beautiful spring day in the Appalachians, near home.

Silvia Figueirôa has the most recent article in a series of short histories of geology, sponsored by the international group of historians of geology. Read her piece, then take a look back at the series. #histsci #histgeo

We are running a 1-day workshop on historical geographies / environmental histories of water knowledge on Thursday 15 May. If you would like to attend online and haven't already signed up please contact me using the Contact link on the webpage: www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...

If you're in or around London on Thursday 29 May, join @jasminekt.bsky.social and me to celebrate the publication of Metropolitan Science. Big thanks to the Institute of Advanced Studies & @stsucl.bsky.social for supporting the event. Book a free ticket here: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... #histsci 🗃️

A wonderful talk tonight by @naomioreskes.bsky.social at the @ri-science.bsky.social on how Navy secrecy of oceanographic data impeded rise of plate tectonics.

Had a fantastic time yesterday at Ri as part of the "Decoding our Planet" workshop beautifully organised by @katysduncan.bsky.social and @miguelohn.bsky.social More info here: www.aip.org/history/deco...

A banner day yesterday for historians and philosophers of science interested in the geophysical sciences, their origins, and comparisons with other sciences. Thanks to Miguel Ohnesorge and Katy Duncan, who organized the day and to the Royal Institution which hosted us. Wonderful people!

Yes, yes I do!

🥰 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/a...

DC friends! Sign-ups are open for our final Trimble lecture this spring, Friday, May 30: Peter Galison, "History, Philosophy, and Culture of Black Holes in the Midst" - a discussion of how historians and philosophers are collaborating in Harvard's Black Hole Initiative. ww2.aip.org/history/pete...

Physical copies, how nice! And paperback as well as hardback. Get your copy of The Board of Longitude: Science, Innovation and Empire (by Baker, Dunn, Higgitt, Schaffer and Waring) here: www.cambridgebookshop.co.uk/products/the... #histsci

The AIP history, library, and archives teams are excited to launch two new #histsci email newsletters. Our Weekly Edition will offer a short article on the history of the physical sciences and the history community's work. The Monthly is an update on what we're doing at AIP. ww2.aip.org/newsletters