Adam Smith's readers in #Bristol, 1773-1795 https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/skj%C3%B6nsberg-smith-readers-bristol #History #libraries #histodons #reading #books #bookstodon
Source: https://twitter.com/adamsmithworks/status/1643739014825152513
"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
βViking' 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
#Vikings Didnβt Wear Horned Helmets https://professorbuzzkill.com/vikings-didnt-wear-horned-helmets/ #history #histadons #histadon #myths
Source: https://twitter.com/buzzkillprof/status/1647286762077560834
"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 Shakespeareβs 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
The Travel Account of Francisco Γlvares: Ethiopian-European Relations in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/ghcc/blog/the_travel_account #history #histodons #europe #ethiopia
Source: https://twitter.com/Warwick_Global/status/1645791130137812996
How #medieval thinkers did #physics without knowing it β https://aeon.co/essays/how-medieval-thinkers-did-physics-without-knowing-it #history #histodons #science #philosophy
Source: https://twitter.com/bibliolater1452/status/1646575930633060369
Radiocarbon timestamps left in #ancient tree rings by cosmic ray bombardments can date historical events with unprecedented precision https://www.science.org/content/article/marking-time-cosmic-ray-storms-can-pin-precise-dates-history-ancient-egypt-vikings #Science #Physics #Archaeology #archaeodons #History #histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/NewsfromScience/status/1646566425241190408
"the earliest printed map specifically of Wales and was compiled by Humphrey Llwyd (1527β1568) shortly before his death." https://www.library.wales/discover-learn/digital-exhibitions/maps/maps-of-wales/cambriae-typus#:~:text=Cambriae%20Typus%20is%20the%20first,great%20improvement%20on%20earlier%20maps #Map #History #Wales #mapstodon #histodons
Source: https://twitter.com/NLWales/status/1645320971044134913
Against AI Understanding and Sentience: Large Language Models, Meaning, and the Patterns of Human Language Use https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/21977/ #ai #artificialintelligence #language #philosophy
Spanish Flu: The Deadliest #Pandemic in #History https://www.medicalexamprep.co.uk/spanish-flu-deadliest-pandemic-history/ #histodons #science
Source: https://twitter.com/MedicalExamPrep/status/1644988521311244289
Kinship practices in Early Iron Age South-east Europe: genetic and isotopic analysis of burials from the Dolge njive barrow cemetery, Dolenjska, Slovenia. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/kinship-practices-in-early-iron-age-southeast-europe-genetic-and-isotopic-analysis-of-burials-from-the-dolge-njive-barrow-cemetery-dolenjska-slovenia/0D6ED223C1B0B3C645DAFABD7952FA39 #OpenAccess #OA #Genetics #Archaeology #Slovenia #Europe
Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1645396719809490945
Today in 1656, Rene Lepage de Sainte-Claire was born in Burgundy.
Between 1670 & 1674, he immigrated to New France.
In 1696, he founded Rimouski after obtaining the land from Augustin Roer de la Cardonniere.
Sainte-Claire remained in Rimouski until his death in 1718.
#Canada #History #Histodon #Histodons #Rimouski #Quebec #NewFrance
Guest Post -- Academic Publishers Are Missing the Point on ChatGPT https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2023/03/31/guest-post-academic-publishers-are-missing-the-point-on-chatgpt/ #Academia #Publishing #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT #ai #Technology
Londinium, the capital of Britannia https://www.thehistoryoflondon.co.uk/londinium-the-capital-of-britannia/ #History #Roman #Britain #histadons
Source: https://twitter.com/LondonStone/status/1644395864788717568
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