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Not a bot just a rather corpulent male approaching fifty years of age; a very very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally while at the same time barely reachs up to the level of mediocrity.
Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books and maps related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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Catherine Nicholson on Katherine Rundell’s biography of John Donne https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n02/catherine-nicholson/batter-my-heart #English #Literature #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Biography
Source: https://twitter.com/LRB/status/1613232521633751040?s=20
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History vs. Thomas Jefferson - Frank Cogliano. https://youtu.be/c517cpFALXE #Youtube #Video #History #USA #America #Histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/TED_ED/status/1612849270297694222?s=20
What If… Listicles Are Actually an #Ancient Form of #Writing and Narrative? https://lithub.com/what-if-listicles-are-actually-an-ancient-form-of-writing-and-narrative/
Source: https://twitter.com/lithub/status/1612947717155602432?s=20
#Ancient #DNA from Protohistoric Period #Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CE https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-26799-3 #OpenAccess #Anthropology #Archaeology #Population #Genetics #Science #Asia
Source: https://twitter.com/SciReports/status/1611350622447570945?s=20
Amateur archaeologist uncovers ice age ‘writing’ system https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/jan/05/amateur-archaeologist-uncovers-ice-age-writing-system #Archaeology #France #Europe
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On January 2, 1729, German astronomer Johann Daniel Titius was born. He is best known for formulating the Titius–Bode law, a hypothesis that the bodies in some orbital systems, including the Sun’s, orbit at semi-major axes in a function of planetary sequence. The formula suggests that, extending outward, each planet would be approximately twice as far from the Sun as the one before.
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#DNA #art: Scientists use genetic sequencing to create a variety of shapes https://interestingengineering.com/science/dna-art-scientists-use-genetic-sequencing #Science
A #map of North #America : published under the patronage of the Duke of Orleans by d'Anville / drawn and engraved for J. Harrison, No. 115 Newgate Street, January 1, 1791. https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/15534691
Out of #Africa: my lifelong mission to trace the origins of humanity https://www.theguardian.com/focus/2022/dec/31/chris-stringer-origins-of-man-lifelong-mission #Anthropology #Archaeology #Palaeontology #Evolution #Biology #Science
Looking for a faster way to learn a #language? Try historical #linguistics https://news.ubc.ca/2022/12/20/looking-for-a-faster-way-to-learn-a-language-try-historical-linguistics/
Map of the United States of America, showing the boundaries of the Union and Confederate geographical divisions and departments, Dec 31, 1862 https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2005511 #History #Map #Cartography #US #USA #America #19thCentury #C19th
Man given a year to live now cancer-free after immunotherapy trial https://theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/30/man-year-to-live-now-cancer-free-after-immunotherapy-trial #NHS #Cancer #Research #Immunotherapy #Science
The First Americans – a story of wonderful, uncertain science – https://aeon.co/essays/the-first-americans-a-story-of-wonderful-uncertain-science #Archaeology #Anthropology #Migration #Science
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The World’s First Selfie 📸✨
The image was taken in 1839 by an amateur chemist and #photography enthusiast from Philadelphia named Robert Cornelius. Cornelius had set his camera up at the back of the family store in #Philadelphia. He took the image by removing the lens cap and then running into frame where he sat for a minute before covering up the lens again. On the back he wrote: “The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.” (#Smithsonian) #Daguerreotype #selfie #photograph #vintagephotography
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As a young man Johannes Kepler thought he most resembled a
pet dog.
The Renaissance Mathematicus Christmas Trilogy: Part 3
Portrait of the Mathematician as a Dog
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2022/12/27/christmas-trilogy-2022-part-3-portrait-of-the-mathematician-as-a-pet-dog/
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The Renaissance Mathematicus Chistmas Trilogy 2022 Part2. Who was Charles Babbage, what sort of family did he come from, where did he grow up, how was he educated?
A Portrait of the Mathematician as a Young Man
#Babbage #biography
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2022/12/26/christmas-trilogy-2022-part-2-a-portrait-of-the-mathematician-as-a-young-man/
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Renaissance Mathematicus Christmas trilogy 2022 Part I: The amicable Isaac
In general Isaac Newton is presented as an asocial, grumpy old man, who loved nobody & was loved by nobody. However, in realty, Isaac had acquaintances with whom he was on good terms, genuine friends & also that he was a kind & loving family man.
#Newton #biography
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2022/12/25/christmas-trilogy-2022-part-1-the-amicable-isaac/
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Toots are humanities, sciences, non-fiction books and maps related. Toots or follows or boosts or mentions ≠ endorsements of any particular notion or notions. Expect many typing errors.
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