Rich Bellon

James Croll, Scottish astronomer and climatologist who attempted to establish a relationship between changes in Earth's orbit and #ClimateChange (specifically #IceAges), is @LindaHall_org's #ScientistOfTheDay. lindahall.org/about/news/sci… #histSTM #geology

Tomioka Soichiro (Japanese, 1922-1994) Trees, 1961 Oil on canvas

@philipcball Yes: Darwin said he was never happier than with muddy knees & dirty hands

I walk past this holding tank in the basement of @naturalsciences several times a week, but this is the first time anything has ever looked back at me.

The UK's Oddest Place Names ift.tt/txRmsQa

Winter landscape - Caspar David Friedrich. 👍

Better hope she’s into dudes who can’t execute a handoff ...

@BradMThornhill @BrianTMcClellan It's been riffed! rifftrax.com/the-magic-sword

Ok, Twitter, I'm trying to remember an old sword and sorcery film I watched with my brothers decades ago. I'll describe it the best I remember: young man in love with a princess, princess kidnapped by wicked sorcerer, man wants to save her, but... (cont)

The Chasseur in the Forest, 1814 #friedrich #caspardavidfriedrich wikiart.org/en/caspar-davi…

I’m so excited about my new books!! Can’t wait to learn more about the life of Dr. Ernest Everett Just! mbl.edu/about/diversit… @MBLScience 🤩👨🏾‍🔬

OTD in 1872, Charles #Darwin’s The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals was published. As bold in its own way as the Origin, Expression posited that the same emotions and the same modes of expression are universal across humans and many animals. A short #HistSci🧵

@anya_jabour Cosmo is skeptical of your unappreciative student

Delighted to have received this today. Thank you so much to my co-editor, the amazing @eneswald1 who made this such a good experience. Also, @darwinsbulldog @Roland_Jackson Bernie Lightman, @ProfTyndall @AbbySCollier @UPittPress and many others

First Edition, First Printing of Darwin’s Descent of Man. This copy is 1 of 2500 copies printed in Feb 1871. Descent sold out in 3 days, prompting John Murray to inform Darwin that ‘The first Edition of your Book is exhausted’ and a second printing is needed. #Darwin #HistSci

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #WomensArt #Art #artistsontwitter

My newest toy arrived just in time for Darwin Day (tomorrow), courtesy of @MatthewLFaerber and Exhibits Department colleagues @naturalsciences.

@anya_jabour Cosmo is a great name! Here’s a mugshot of my Cosmo (he knows what he did)

One of the most wonderful books on the history of science that I've ever read. It tells a story of four friends - Babbage, Whewell, Jones and Herschel - who were deeply influenced by Francis Bacon and who changed the way science looks like. amazon.com/Philosophical-…

I love it when people complain about the Titanic ... on the Titanic 🤣🤣