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Duchenne facial expressions image
Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant ‘faradise’ the mimetic muscles of ‘the Old Man’. (Source: Wikipedia)

LRB letter: ‘The reaction economy’

On Charles Darwin’s use of photography in his book about human and animal emotions.

Published 19-Mar-2023
Filed under: Articles, Published Pieces, Writing Tags: correspondence, history, history of science, LRB, photography, science
‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson

Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by Ritchie Robertson

The pursuit of happiness, 1680–1790.

Published 31-Aug-2021
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reviews, Ritchie Robertson, The Enlightenment
‘Ancestral Journeys’ by Jean Manco

Book review: ‘Ancestral Journeys’ by Jean Manco

The peopling of Europe from the first venturers to the Vikings.

Published 20-Oct-2020
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: archaeology, Europe, history, prehistory, reviews
‘Nondescript’
‘Nondescript’

14 May 2019

A surprise encounter with a howler monkey’s backside.

Published 14-May-2019
Filed under: Writing Tags: Charles Darwin, Charles Waterton, history, history of science, Wakefield
Victorians Undone

Book review: ‘Victorians Undone’ by Kathryn Hughes

Tales of the flesh in the age of decorum.

Published 11-Jun-2018
Filed under: Writing Genres: Essays, History, People Tags: history, reviews
Robin, Dee Marshes

Newsletter No. 3: ‘Peaking too soon’

Patti Smith · when your taste exceeds your talent · Spinosa · giant snowballs · reconciling longitude · two toddlers in a trench coat · opinions that need to be justified · Earth's days lengthen · the universe has 20 times more galaxies than we thought · dinosaur tail preserved in amber · John Berger

Published 06-Jan-2017
Filed under: Writing Tags: astronomy, history, Patti Smith, photography, science, YOGSOT
The Enlightenment

Book review: ‘The Enlightenment’ by John Robertson

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: Culture, History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, The Enlightenment, …a very short introduction (book series
The History of Life

Book review: ‘The History of Life’ by Michael J Benton

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: evolution, history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, …a very short introduction (book series)
The Ice Age

Book review: ‘The Ice Age’ by Jamie Woodward

A very short introduction.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews, science, …a very short introduction (book series)
The Edge of the World

Book review: ‘The Edge of the World’ by Michael Pye

How the North Sea made us who we are.

Published 18-May-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History Tags: history, reading, reviews

Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf

The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.

Published 29-Feb-2016
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: Andrea Wulf, history, history of science, reading, reviews

Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton

A new history of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton.

Published 13-Nov-2015
Filed under: Writing Genres: History, Science Tags: history, history of science, reading, reviews

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