Tag Archives: history of science

Blogging the history of science

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Gustav Holmberg

Will Thomas writes about the “deleterious side-effects to blogging activity”, triggered in part because it seems to be the case that “you can just put up a reasonably well-informed post about something, and suddenly you become an authority”. His case … Continue reading →

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New history of science blog

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Gustav Holmberg

Rebekah Higgitt has an interesting post on popular books in the history of science over at Whewell’s Ghost, the new group blog written in collaboration with some other HPS people. Having enjoyed following her twittter and retroblogging, this is definitely … Continue reading →

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Jon Agar blogs his new book

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Gustav Holmberg

Science in the Twentieth Century – and Beyond is the title of Jon Agar’s upcoming book. The concluding parts is a survey of science today, the writing of which Agar blogs at STS Observatory. For example, he’s covered science blogging … Continue reading →

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Doing science was like blogging

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Gustav Holmberg

In the future, doing science will be like blogging, according to a (slightly ironical) take on citizen science by Bruce Sterling (my favourite, by the way, in this genre at the moment is Galaxy Zoo). Doing science was like blogging. … Continue reading →

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Ranking of journals

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Gustav Holmberg

Say that an agency introduces a three-level ranking of journals in history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine and that this ranking can influence funding decisions, because it will help to identify excellence in Humanities scholarship and should prove … Continue reading →

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