William Ashworth

Historian of science, rare book consultant, fond of SRG dinosaurs, engraved title pages, strandbeest, and Buckaroo Bonzai.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@GalleKarl @notesforreview Must have been Chain Reaction. Which crowd scene?

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@EtheHerring Where MOST of him is buried. You need to go to the Museum of anthropology to see his skull. Take a picture of that too, if you get there.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@bhgross144 Point well taken. Since I am referring to Emilio Segre as an Italian/American physicist, I can certainly refer to David as Welsh/Australian. Change is being made.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@john_overholt @JasonDean @bhgross144 Thank you, John (and Jasso). We will fix that right away.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@bhgross144 @LindaHall_org You're on. I hope you took good notes.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@EtheHerring @LindaHall_org Philosophers of science and scientific philosophers both qualify (although I don't do many, being a historian). Bergson certainly qualifies on all counts.

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@GalleKarl @bhgross144 @LindaHall_org @HistAstro Wish you were here as I prepare my "Napoleon in Egypt" lectures for @LindaHall_org . Really wish you were here!

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@EtheHerring I am very annoyed as well that I didn't know of Bergson's birthday, or I would have invited you to write an entry for @LindaHall_org 's Scientist of the Day. Can we pencil you in for Oct. 18, 2019?

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@AshworthBen Why would you post this?

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@GalleKarl @bhgross144 @rmathematicus @LindaHall_org Excellent idea!

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@AshworthBen Again?

[PaleoAnthropology @Qafzeh]

#PaleoDiet ✍️@pirarobizarro

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@bhgross144 Noted, with thanks.

[RCP museum @RCPmuseum]

Q: Who's a cat's favourite mathematician?
A: Mew-clid!

Geddit? See these paw prints in Federico Commandino's edition of Euclid's Elements of Geometry, published in Pisa, 1572. On display until next Friday. https://t.co/1kiWBSP3tc #seeingEuclid @ReadingEuclid #rarebooks

[Alison Kervin @alikervin]

A beautifully written letter that was found in a house clearance. It's dated 1982 and the author is from Co Down... That's all I know. Worth a read...

[Karl Galle @GalleKarl]

@rmathematicus @sourdoughchef Honestly at this point it’s more of a to-be-read-next room, which has developed hegemonic ambitions and is already starting to colonize other rooms 🙄🤪

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

Aha! The hedgehog is the unofficial mascot of @LindaHall_org and we use historical images from our collection in our newsletters and pubs. We don't have this one, and we need it; did you note, @bhgross144 ? https://t.co/KTtZGE1wCC

[ZSL Library @ZSLLibrary]

Celebrating #HedgehogAwarenessWeek with this lovely illustration of a European hedgehog in `Histoire naturelle des mammifères, ...` by M. Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire and Frédéric Cuvier, published in 4 volumes 1824-42 #hedgehog #sciart

[William Ashworth @AshworthWB]

@nelson_atkins I am not sure Thomas Gainsborough's birth date is known. I believe May 14 was the date of his baptism.

[Chicago Botanic Garden @chicagobotanic]

Happy #MothersDay! 5,000 poppies in the English Oak Meadow are here to wish all the moms the best weekend ever! https://t.co/DsqGmOvrsy #MothersDayWeekend #HappyMothersDay

[BL Modern Manuscripts @BL_ModernMSS]

Pick your #favouritecolour from this manuscript of 17th-century pigment recipes and samples compiled by Theodore de Mayerne! #Archive30 https://t.co/6ShltRJpri