Rich Bellon

I'm a historian of Victorian science who obsesses over (among other odd things) men with muttonchops who obsessed over the sex lives of plants

[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

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.

https://t.co/9qY9brgTUj

#histSTM #geology

[Olga Tuleninova 🦋 @olgatuleninova]

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

[Rich Bellon @RichBellon]

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

[Paul D Brinkman @deadnaturalists]

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.

[r/MapPorn All New Posts @rMapPornAllNew]

The UK's Oddest Place Names https://t.co/IKKV2KMNsp

[Albert @OwdAlbert]

Winter landscape - Caspar David Friedrich. 👍

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

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

[Rich Bellon @RichBellon]

@BradMThornhill @BrianTMcClellan It's been riffed! https://t.co/oqxsjAKQ7X

[Caspar Friedrich @artistfriedrich]

The Chasseur in the Forest, 1814 #friedrich #caspardavidfriedrich https://t.co/q2lu3nnF2L

[𝘿𝙧. 𝘾𝙧𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙍𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 ≽(◕ ᴗ ◕)≼ 🐥🐸 @RogersLabUCD]

I’m so excited about my new books!! Can’t wait to learn more about the life of Dr. Ernest Everett Just! https://t.co/FxlqAtsxZH @MBLScience 🤩👨🏾‍🔬

[Greg Priest (@gregpriest.bsky.social) @greg_m_priest]

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🧵

[Rich Bellon @RichBellon]

@anya_jabour Cosmo is skeptical of your unappreciative student

[Adrian Kirwan @AdrianJKirwan]

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

[Henry-James Meiring @Freudzter]

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

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

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

[Paul D Brinkman @deadnaturalists]

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

[Rich Bellon @RichBellon]

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

[Arkadiusz Synowczyk @Epagogist]

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.

https://t.co/Sw5IG6isEB

[Rich Bellon @RichBellon]

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

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I love when people complain about Twitter … on Twitter 🤣🤣