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Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to Canadian medical researcher & <a href="https://spore.social/tags/biochemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biochemist</a> Maud Menten (1879-1960). Not only was she an author of Michaelis-Menten equation for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/enzyme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enzyme</a> kinetics, she invented the azo-dye coupling for alkaline phosphatase, 1st example of enzyme <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histochemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histochemistry</a>, still used in imaging of tissues today & she also performed the first <a href="https://spore.social/tags/electrophoretic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electrophoretic</a> separation of blood haemoglobin in 1944!⁠ 🧵1/n ⁠<a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

WerkstattGeschichteMit Heft 81 „steine“ erschien heute vor 5 Jahren die erste <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/WerkstattGeschichte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WerkstattGeschichte</a> beim neuen Verlag, schönen Dank an <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/transcript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transcript</a> in Bielefeld für die Zusammenarbeit! Der Thementeil, hg. von Susann Lewerenz & Veronika Springmann, bot Beiträge von Sebastian Felten (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Bergbau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bergbau</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a>), Kathrin Rottmann (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Pflastersteine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pflastersteine</a> #1968) & Regina Sarreiter (<a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Steinwerkzeuge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Steinwerkzeuge</a>, koloniale <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Ethnologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ethnologie</a>).Dies & mehr online unter: <a href="https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/steine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://werkstattgeschichte.de/alle_ausgaben/steine/</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@histodons</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@historikerinnen</a><a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Histodons</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://openbiblio.social/tags/histknow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histknow</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to botanist & photography trailblazer Anna Atkins (1799-1871), née Children!Atkins’ mother died when she was still an infant, but she was close with her naturalist father & received a much more scientific education than was common for women in her time. Her 250 detailed engravings of shells were used to illustrate her father’s translation of Lamarck’s ‘Genera of Shells’; 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cyanotype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyanotype</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Botany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Botany</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womensHistoryMonth</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to Caroline Herschel (1750 – 1848) a trail blazing woman in <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a>. Hers was a real life Cinderella story, where rather than marrying a prince, she made a life and career for herself. Marriage her expected role but she was deemed unmarriageable, since a childhood bout of typhus stunted her growth. Her mother thought she should train to be a servant, & purposely stood in the way of her learning French, or music,🧵<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/WomenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/astronomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomer</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Thony ChristieThe German/English astronomer Caroline Herschel was born 16 March 1750 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/a-herschel-comes-seldom-alone/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/a-herschel-comes-seldom-alone/</a>

Fabienne GallaireLes dangers du multi-tasking en pédagogie : <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/histschi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histschi</a> <a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5424497f/f3.item" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5424497f/f3.item</a>

Fabienne GallairePetite histoire de la chimie au Muséum ! <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/MNHN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MNHN</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/histschi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histschi</a> <a href="https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/petite-histoire-de-la-chimie-au-museum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/petite-histoire-de-la-chimie-au-museum</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/InternationalWomensDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternationalWomensDay</a> a short thread of my ongoing series of portraits of women in science through history. If you look for them, they’re there. I’m up to 67 now! Here’s to the day when a scientist’s sex is no longer remarkable in any field!<a href="https://spore.social/tags/IWD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IWD</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/IWD2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IWD2025</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scientists</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)<a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SoCal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoCal</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Pasadena" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pasadena</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LosAngeles" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LosAngeles</a> folks: a piece anticipating tomorrow's book conversation (March 7, 7pm) between me and <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/mkn.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mkn.bsky.social</a> at Vromans Bookstore, Pasadena, appeared in Pasadena Now. Join us if you can; tell your friends! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://pasadenanow.com/weekendr/exploring-how-monster-making-reveals-our-humanity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">pasadenanow.com/weekendr/exp...</a> <a href="https://pasadenanow.com/weekendr/exploring-how-monster-making-reveals-our-humanity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Exploring How Monster-Making R...</a>

The Inquisitive BiologistRadical by Nature is out in paperback! This is an in-depth, intimate, and tremendously enjoyable biography of the long and remarkable life of Victorian naturalist <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/AlfredRusselWallace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AlfredRusselWallace</a>.<a href="https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/11/01/book-review-radical-by-nature-the-revolutionary-life-of-alfred-russel-wallace/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2023/11/01/book-review-radical-by-nature-the-revolutionary-life-of-alfred-russel-wallace/</a><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BookReview</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bookstodon</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Evolution</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistoryOfScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoryOfScience</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/ScienceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScienceHistory</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/HistSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistSci</a> <a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/Scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scicomm</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonupress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@princetonupress</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@princetonnature" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@princetonnature</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDHappy birthday to Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594) renown Flemish cartographer. What made Mercator a great <a href="https://spore.social/tags/cartographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cartographer</a>, was in fact his abilities as a <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematician</a> -and like those of us scientists who feel compelled also to create art he was wasn’t hindered by his immense ability as an engraver. He produced beautiful world maps (a version of which is depicted in this print), globes, 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/geographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geographer</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geography</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mapart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mapart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maps</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Mercator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mercator</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)I had such fun chatting with <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/onthetudortrail.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@onthetudortrail.bsky.social</a> about monsters and monster-making in the sixteenth century, on the Talking Tudors <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a>! 💙📚 🗃 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ancient" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medieval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earlymodern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histmed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histmed</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HAMH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HAMH</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:d4noaukaexfzz3aakmhemqou/post/3ljmatk7jtc24" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:d4noaukaexfzz3aakmhemqou/post/3ljmatk7jtc24</a>

Thony ChristieThe Swiss master clock and scientific instrument maker, Jost Bürgi, was born 28 February 1552 <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/histtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histtech</a> <a href="https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/a-swiss-clockmaker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2015/02/28/a-swiss-clockmaker/</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)Chatted about HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY, <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/ucpress.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ucpress.bsky.social</a>, with Jenn Jordan on <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/splturnthepage.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@splturnthepage.bsky.social</a>, the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Syosset" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syosset</a> Public Library <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23podcast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a>! 1/4 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> 🧪 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SFF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ancient" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medieval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earlymodern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2318thC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thC</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HAMH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HAMH</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xrr2s672cx7vbpsloiv4hteu/post/3lj65ukwrnj2f" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xrr2s672cx7vbpsloiv4hteu/post/3lj65ukwrnj2f</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY on the radio today, **Feb. 26**! Recording available later. I'm on Tony Livesey's late-night show on BBC Radio 5 Live at: midnight GMT, 6pm EST, 3pm PST. 1/2 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> 🧪 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SFF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ancient" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medieval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earlymodern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2318thC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thC</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028bg2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028bg2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC Radio 5 Live - Tony Livese...</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)First live radio interview for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY today! I'll be on Tony Livesey's late-night conversation show on BBC Radio 5 Live, 8-9pm UK, 3-4pm EST, 12 noon-1pm PST. 1/2 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> 🧪 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SFF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ancient" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23medieval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earlymodern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2318thC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thC</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00psvgw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...</a> <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00psvgw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC Radio 5 Live - Tony Livese...</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a> pharmaceutical <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chemist</a> Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for <a href="https://spore.social/tags/leprosy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leprosy</a>. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for women & Black scientists.⁠ ⁠ Ball studied <a href="https://spore.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chemistry</a> at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/sciart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciart</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)Virtual book conversation on Monday at 9am PST / 12 noon EST on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY! No need to register. Hosted by <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/jcblibrary.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jcblibrary.bsky.social</a>. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23VastEarlyAmerica" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VastEarlyAmerica</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23earlymodern" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histmed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histmed</a> RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rzug5jxal4snlewudks3efsf/post/3lh2d2w56ac2d" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rzug5jxal4snlewudks3efsf/post/3lh2d2w56ac2d</a>

Dr Surekha Davies (she/her)<a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/newstatesman.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@newstatesman.com</a> piece on new books reviewed in short includes HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> 🗃️ <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histsci" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histsci</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23histmed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histmed</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%2318thC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#18thC</a> <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025/02/from-sophy-roberts-to-bettina-anton-new-books-reviewed-in-short" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025...</a> <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2025/02/from-sophy-roberts-to-bettina-anton-new-books-reviewed-in-short" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">From Sophy Roberts to Bettina ...</a>

Ele Willoughby, PhDFor <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackHistoryMonth</a>: <a href="https://spore.social/tags/mathematician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mathematician</a> & geodesist Gladys West (née Brown 1930)! Shown with satellite tracks & 3 satellites important to her career: Seasat, GEOS-3 & a GPS satellite. Her work, using math to precisely model the shape of Earth, laid the groundwork for GPS! Born to sharecropper parents in Virginia, she graduated with a Math BSc in ‘52 then MSc at VSU in ‘55. 🧵1/n<a href="https://spore.social/tags/linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linocut</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/printmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#printmaking</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/womenInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womenInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/BlackInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BlackInSTEM</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/histSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#histSci</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/geodesy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geodesy</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/EarthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthScience</a> <a href="https://spore.social/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Math</a>

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