Science History

I was watching the recent two-part BBC series Bill Bailey’s Jungle Hero, about Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 – 1913), in which Bailey and his hidden camera team travelled through Indonesia sampling the…

Legendary Confederate fighter Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson died 150 years ago but the actual cause of his death has been a subject of debate. And it was again at the 20th annual Historical…

Richard Holmes - Falling Upwards Falling Upwards.  What a wonderful title for a history of ballooning. As someone with more than a slight interest in the history of science and technology*, I…

One Small Step - Two Small Strips   ( Or Maybe Three ) The news that Neil Armstrong's EKG is up for auction has been reported across the world.  Having more than a passing interest in…

Two Armstrong EKG Readings - A Question Of Provenance [edit]This article has been updated - please see:One Small Step - Two Small Strips ( Or Maybe Three ) I recently posted an article: Neil…

British Radar in WW2 -  by Sir Robert Watson-Watt I am pleased to be able to publish here in my blog a historical document of some importance: a short history of radar by Sir Robert Watson-Watt…

Neil Armstrong's Heartbeat - EKG Up For Auction[edit]This article has been updated - please see:One Small Step - Two Small Strips ( Or Maybe Three ) RR Auction of Amherst New Hampshire has announced…

How To Build A Perpetual Magnet Woo Generator     "The general public sees perpetual motion inexactly. Probably they view each machine as a special case. The physicist or engineer, on…

Army physician William Beaumont was stationed at Fort Mackinac on Mackinac Island in Michigan in the early 1820s, when it existed to protect the interests of the American Fur Company. The fort became…

Using chromosomal data drawn from genetic databases, a group of researchers were able to identify the surname of one in every eight people from a sample of 911 American men. Sometimes other private…