DMV folks, I'll be speaking this Saturday at Nerd Nite Takoma Park with @peoplesbooktakoma.com! Come hear me defend the honor of (ex-)government workers and scientists and explain why Nicolaus Copernicus's 40+ years of public service makes him one of us. Tickets here: withfriends.co/event/290244...

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🥳🚨Publication day!!! 🚨🥳 NECESSARY INVENTIONS: ROGER BACON, THE MIDDLE AGE, AND THE MAKING OF MODERN SCIENCE is officially out! Use PENN-ETRUITT30 (in the US) or UPPNN30 (outside the US) for a discount or ask your library to buy a copy. www.pennpress.org/978151282988... @pennpress.bsky.social

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Renaissance Metallurgist, Vannoccio Biringuccio, was born 20 October 1480 #histsci #histtech thonyc.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/r...

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I'm excited to attend #SCS2026 this year - for the first time since 2023! Please contact me if you'd like to propose a book to @ceu-press.bsky.social, or hear about our new early modern program, or just catch up. DM me, or email me (at e.gaffney@aup.nl). Really looking forward to seeing everyone!

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If a single book were your most precious object, how would you keep it safe? BASIRA (Books as Symbols in Renaissance Art): https://basiraproject.org/ #medievalsky

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