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Joined Nov 2022
Stock, P. (2023). The Idea of Asia in British Geographical Thought, 1652–1832. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 1-24. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0080440123000026 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Britain #Geography #Asia #Books #histodons
How the mobile phone changed everything https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct4vbz #technology #phone
Source: https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice/status/1649698387032195072
Katarzyna Anna Kapitan, Tarrin Wills, Sagas and genre: A case for application of network analysis to manuscripts preserving Old Norse-Icelandic saga literature, Digital Scholarship in the Humanities, 2023;, fqad013, https://doi.org/10.1093/llc/fqad013 #OpenAccess #OA #Literature #Digital
"In this book, Monika Amsler explores the historical contexts in which the Babylonian Talmud was formed in an effort to determine whether it was the result of oral transmission." https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009297349 #Ancient #History #Histodons #Religion #OpenAccess #OA #Book #Bookstodon
"Historians have puzzled over the secret to the success of this first great European queen – a woman who provided a model for her granddaughter, England’s Queen Mary I, and for other great queens like Elizabeth I, Victoria or Catherine the Great." https://tudortimes.co.uk/guest-articles/isabella-of-castile #History #Spain #Europe #Histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/thetudortimes/status/1649743230471159808
"Wilhelm Schickard was a German astronomer who invented a calculating machine long before Pascal. He worked on astronomy, mathematics and surveying." https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Schickard/ #Maths #History #histodons #Science #Mathstodon
Source: https://twitter.com/mathshistory/status/1649705356841369601
"Kant: A Complete Guide to Reason" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbjZEDR5EXI #Philosophy #Youtube #Video
Source: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller/status/1649778583009890306
"As the exhibition emphasizes, the form of the European book could not have happened without the trade of natural materials to Europe from different parts of the globe – primarily Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-libraries-and-archives/2023/04/19/how-artistic-traditions-and-natural-materials-combined-to-form-the-modern-book/ #Books #Bookstodon #History #Histodons #bookbinding
Source: https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag/status/1649827406012641280
The story of mathematical proof – with John Stillwell https://youtu.be/S1AEWuCFq6A #Video #Maths #mathstodon #youtube #math #mathematics
Source: https://twitter.com/Ri_Science/status/1637181853051281409
Why do irregular nouns and verbs exist? An #ancient and modern problem https://antigonejournal.com/2022/09/linguistic-irregularity/ #Greek #Latin #Languages #Classics
Source: https://twitter.com/AntigoneJournal/status/1642907354411794439
"The first book to document, using direct archival evidence, the creation of the ur-text of modern American evangelicalism, The Scofield Reference Bible." https://newbooksnetwork.com/donald-harman-akenson-the-americanization-of-the-apocalypse-creating-americas-own-bible-oxford-up-2023 #Podcast #Religion #Book #bookstodon #America #Christianity #Bible
Source: https://twitter.com/OUPReligion/status/1648358515164217344
‘Viking' was a job description, not a matter of heredity, massive #ancient #DNA study shows https://www.science.org/content/article/viking-was-job-description-not-matter-heredity-massive-ancient-dna-study-shows #archeology #archaeodons #Vikings #science #genetics
Source: https://twitter.com/NewsfromScience/status/1543316109075570691
Facts and Figures: A History of Medicines https://www.pastmedicalhistory.co.uk/facts-and-figures-a-history-of-medicines/ #history #histodons #histodon #science #medicines
Source: https://twitter.com/PastMedHistory/status/1647223248810307584
"Dr. Samuel Johnson, perhaps now most famous for the creation of the first major dictionary of the English language, was regarded as the leading literary Englishman of the mid-18th century. Other notable works included a study of Shakespeare’s plays and a major critical study of English poets." https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/dr-samuel-johnson/ #history #histodons #biography #English #literature
Source: https://twitter.com/LondonStone/status/1647143972655996934
Not a bot, just a rather corpulent male fifty years of age; a very, very slow ignoramus who reads occasionally.
Toots are #humanities, #science, #nonfiction, #book, #map, #chart and #graph 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.
Expect numerous typing errors and copious amounts of nonsensical commentary from my personal formulations.
Toots automatically delete after two weeks.
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Joined Nov 2022
