James Hyslop

Head of Science & Natural History @ChristiesInc, any views expressed are my own; reader of detective fiction; solver of cryptic crosswords (on a good day)

[James Hyslop @astrolabe]

@ChristiesBKS

[History of Science in CESEE @hpscesee]

Call for Proposals: 2026 Joint Meeting of the European Society for the History of Science (ESHS) and History of Science Society (HSS), Scotland, 13-16 July 2026

Link to the full Call For Proposals is available here<https://t.co/4Lq3rELmJq>

[NHMdinolab @NHMdinolab]

Really sad to report that our friend and colleague Richard Fortey passed away this morning after a short battle with cancer. We’ll all miss his wit and wisdom. Here he is checking out a dino footprint we found while filming together on the Isle of Wight

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

This man has to choose between entertainment and science, Jacob van der Heyden, 1608. (Rijksmuseum)

[Whipple Museum @WhippleMuseum]

🌟Coming soon! 🌟
New exhibition, from Monday 25 November.
The Cavendish Laboratory and the Birth of the Atomic Age

@DeptofPhysics
Find out via What's On UCM:
https://t.co/QHBe4HLICy

[Ashmolean Museum @AshmoleanMuseum]

We are delighted to announce that we have been successful in our campaign to save an early Crucifixion by Fra Angelico for the public.

[BBC News (UK) @BBCNews]

Einstein atomic bomb letter to be auctioned https://t.co/bozVcUkxaO

[Cambridge University Library @theUL]

Looking for a MURDEROUSLY GOOD day out? Cambridge University Library’s brilliant new exhibition all about crime fiction opens in March 2024. To be first in line for FREE tickets when booking opens, sign up to our What’s On newsletter here: https://t.co/qJUG2D3slO

[Charles Miller Ltd @CharlesMillerLt]

This horary quadrant is believed to be the oldest scientific instrument discovered - dated 1311! #remarkable #scientificinstruments #Auction #christies

[James Hyslop @astrolabe]

@CharlesMillerLt @thetimes Was a great bidding battle to watch online. Bravo Charles

[Thony Christie (he/his/him) @rmathematicus]

A Cambridge tribute to historian of science and technology Jim Bennet
https://t.co/2zi6wFK8WI

[Whipple Museum @WhippleMuseum]

We are hiring! 📢

We're looking for an experienced museum professional to work as part of a small team managing a world-class collection of scientific instruments, ephemera & models.

Assistant Curator
Deadline: 24 Nov 2023
£40,521-£54,395
F/t, permanent

https://t.co/XzMgymOGKV

[Collecting Agatha Christie @CollectChristie]

The Charlie Watts collection auctioned @ChristiesInc today raised £3,440,000 (incl. b/p). The 25 #agathachristie lots totalled £510,000 (an avg of £20,400/book), & set a new single book auction record w/ the sales price for The Thirteen Problems. The Part II sale is tomorrow.

[Paintings of London @PaintingsLondon]

'St. Paul's Cathedral from Bankside' || 1894 || Louis H Grimshaw

(Private collection)

[David Bressan @David_Bressan]

New #Evidence Suggests Enigmatic 500-Million-Year-Old Creature Wasn’t A ‘Trilobite #Killer’
https://t.co/KYRHqRWBj8

[Dr Jill Whitelock @JillWhitelock]

Detail from a lovely volume of late 18th-century nature printing from the Darwin family. https://t.co/2M8OIzOXap

[James Hyslop @astrolabe]

@Walker5885 @HistAstro @Seb_Falk @rmathematicus The projection for a universal astrolabe looks good at first glance

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

After 150 years of research and over 20.000 described species, the extinct group of trilobites still holds surprises - like a pair of previously unknown eyes 👁️
https://t.co/t3Z0pw65T8

[Milena Ivanova 💙💛 @milena_ivanova_]

This beautiful microscope from @WhippleMuseum is going to feature in my chapter from our new book on the Aesthetics of Experiments. It looks amazing even in black and white, but one needs to see it in real life too.