"James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was one of the most important mathematical physicists of all time, after only Newton and Einstein. Within a relatively short lifetime he made enormous contributions to science which this lecture will survey." https://youtu.be/v40OcJ7rfSE #Youtube #Video #History #Science #Lecture #Physics #Maths #Math #Mathematics #victorian #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @science
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Martin, S., Long, D., & Schodlok, M. (2022). Comparison of Antarctic iceberg observations by Cook in 1772–75, Halley in 1700, Bouvet in 1739 and Riou in 1789 with modern data. Journal of Glaciology, 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2022.111 #OpenAccess #OA #Antarctic #Science #Oceanography #History #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @science
Victor Wilson (2023) The Swedish Slave Trade Efforts at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century: Case Studies in Nordic Transimperial History, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 51:3, 555-575, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03086534.2023.2205698 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Sweden #Europe #C19th #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
Brami, M., Zedda, N., Diekmann, Y., Blöcher, J., Brou, L., Valotteau, F., . . . Brun-Ricalens, F. (2023). Investigating the prehistory of Luxembourg using ancient genomes. Antiquity, 1-8. doi: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.71 #OpenAccess #OA #Genetics #Europe #Luxembourg #Ancient #History #histodon #histodons #Science #Research @histodon @histodons @science
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#Ancient #DNA study reveals large scale migrations into Bronze Age #Britain https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/great-britain-celtic-england-dna-france-b1980890.html #Science #History #Genetics #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @science
A good historical #map adds a layer to our understanding of #history that is unparalleled. Moving borders or capitals all tell a story. #Cartography
Connor, H. (2022). Doctors and ‘Educational Overpressure’ in Nineteenth-Century Britain: A Fatigue State that Divided Medical Opinion, European Journal for the History of Medicine and Health, 80(1), 3-38. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/26667711-bja10026 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Medicine #Health #C19th #Britain #Europe #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
"Such is the continued public fascination with Cromwell that 20 years ago he was voted one of the top ten Britons of all time in a poll conducted by the BBC." https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/protectors-mouth #History #EarlyModern #England #Ireland #Books #bookstodon #histodon #histodons @bookstodon @histodon @histodons
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From the Neustrian March to the Capetian Duchy. https://salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2023/06/27/charter-a-week-91-from-the-neustrian-march-to-the-capetian-duchy/ #History #France #Europe #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
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"The New England states, particularly Massachusetts, strongly opposed the War of 1812 because they felt it was unnecessary and worried it would negatively impact New England’s economy." https://historyofmassachusetts.org/war-of-1812/ #History #USA #Massachusetts #NewEngland #Britain #C19th #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
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"Writing Doom: Old and New Perspectives on the Dutch Republic and its Disaster Year (1672)" https://emlc-journal.org/article/view/14879/16812 #History #Writing #Books #EarlyModern #OpenAccess #OA #Europe #Dutch #C17th #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
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"Alexandria pioneered the concept of a universal library, seeking to compile all of the known knowledge in the world in one place." https://www.humanprogress.org/centers-of-progress-pt-8/ #History #Library #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
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"A film exploring the development of the quill pen, from its earliest known depiction to the birth of the fountain pen." https://youtu.be/36h1vt-9sss #YouTube #video #history #writing #pens #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons
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