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"Abu'l-Wafa is best known for the first use of the tan function and compiling tables of sines and tangents at 15' intervals. This work was done as part of an investigation into the orbit of the Moon, written down in Theories of the Moon." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Abul-Wafa/ #History #Maths #Science @science
Source: https://twitter.com/StA_Maths_Stats/status/1667473952032030720
"..Naoíse Mac Sweeney examines why the West won’t die and, in the process, dismantles ahistorical concepts like the “clash of civilizations” and the notion of a linear progression from Greek and Roman ideals to those of our present day.." https://theamericanscholar.org/why-the-west-wont-die/ #History #Podcast #histodon #histodons #bookstodon @histodon @histodons @bookstodon
Source: https://twitter.com/TheAmScho/status/1667535840355004416
Simões, L.G., Günther, T., Martínez-Sánchez, R.M. et al. Northwest African Neolithic initiated by migrants from Iberia and Levant. Nature (2023). https://rdcu.be/decJv #OpenAccess #OA #Biology #History #Archaeology #Science #Anthropology #Genetics #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
"Those ancient humans who might have scratched directions in the sand or carved lines on wood were the first to practice the art of symbolic representation in the form of a map." https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/oldest-maps-world #History #Anthropology #Map #Cartography #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @anthropology
Source: https://twitter.com/laphamsquart/status/1666465537533313024
Kimmo Katajala (2023) Inventing the Grand Duchy of Finland in the 1580s: early modern state formation or medieval patterns of expressing the power, Scandinavian Journal of History, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2023.2200805 #OpenAccess #OA #History #EarlyModern #Article #Scandinavia #Europe #Medieval #Finland #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Sara L. Uckelman (2023) John Eliot's Logick Primer: A Bilingual English-Massachusett Logic Textbook, History and Philosophy of Logic, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01445340.2023.2207244 #History #Philosophy #Logic #OpenAccess #OA #Article #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @philosophy
"As of today, anthropologists believe there were at least ten different occupations of Britain in c.900,000 years of British history that featured (at least) four human species." https://www.historyhit.com/who-were-the-first-britons/ #Ancient #History #Britain #Anthropology #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @anthropology
Source: https://twitter.com/ChrisStringer65/status/1666015158819250179
"He did important work on series and in optics and was a strong supporter of Newton in his dispute with Leibniz." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gregory_David/ #history #maths #math #mathematics #mathsodon #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/mathshistory/status/1664925647548841984
Scientist of the Day - Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/anaxagoras-of-clazomenae #History #Science #Philosophy #histodon #histodons
@histodon @histodons @philosophy
Source: https://twitter.com/bhgross144/status/1664267627345379329
"During the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic, societies across the Levant transformed their social, cultural and economic organisation, with new forms of food production, architecture and material culture. But to what extent were regional developments connected and how, in particular, did ideas and objects flow between the most southern and northern reaches of Southwest Asia?" DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.67 #archaeology #history #neolithic #epipalaeolithic #iconography #culture #asia #openaccess #oa #histodon #histodons #archaeodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1664261784327290881
"Such documents provide important evidence for the level of literacy in the Roman world and offer an insight into the everyday lives of ordinary people." https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251788 #history #rome #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1664277825539670020
The #medieval origins of phrases such as “the apple of one’s eye” and “by hook or by crook”. https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/ten-phrases-middle-ages/ #history #words #languages #english @histodon @histodons @medievodons
Source: https://twitter.com/Medievalists/status/1664295169850593283
"This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps." https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523838 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Map #Maps #Cartography #Book #books #histodon #histodons #bookstodon
@histodon @histodons @bookstodon
Source: https://twitter.com/MapStorms/status/1663895070720794624
"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/Lindsay_Powell/status/1663913791103328256
"John Stuart Mill is remembered as one of the most important and influential philosophers of the 19th century." https://www.humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-41-john-stuart-mill/ #History #Philosophy #C19th #England #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @philosophy
Source: https://twitter.com/HumanProgress/status/1663685606289842176
"The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel". https://theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society #History #Manuscript #Medieval #histodon #histodons #medievodons @histodon @histodons @medievodons
"In 1821, Fredrik Meltzer came up with a proposal that ended up becoming the Norwegian flag.
But it wasn't him who had designed it. It was his 10-year-old son." https://sciencenorway.no/history-national-identity/the-norwegian-flag-was-designed-by-a-10-year-old/2203413 #History #Norway #Europe #Flags #C19th #Scandivania #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
"The content of Yny lhyvyr hwnn reflects the author's interest, especially his desire, arising from his belief in the need for reform in religion, to ensure that ordinary people learnt the basic tenets of the Christian faith." https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/printed-material/yny-lhyvyr-hwnn #Welsh #book #books #bookstodon #history #histodons #histodon #c16th @bookstodon @histodon @histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/NLWales/status/1663451258781409280
I always find it amazing that in bygone epochs how much travelling human beings partook in. They did not have access to modern technology; but, nonetheless were able to traverse thousands of miles on rudimentary forms of transport. #History #Transportation
Not a bot just a chap in his fifties who occasionally reads things.
Toots are humanities, science, non-fiction, books, maps, charts and graphs related. Some toots containing videos may also find their way into the timeline.
Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions.
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