SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION: EARLY MODERN EUROPE IN THE NEWS
Nick Baker and Taryn Priadko, "'Pain
Was A Blessing': The Surprising History Of Surgery,"
ABC News, June 6, 2022.
Robyn Arianrhod, "The
Scientific Genius Who Eschewed Fame: Remembering Thomas Harriot, 400 Years On,"
Conversation, July 1, 2021.
Daryl Janzen, "The
'Christmas Star' Appears Again: Jupiter And Saturn Align In The 'Great
Conjunction' On Dec. 21, 2020,"
Conversation, December 21, 2020.
Larry Griffing, "The
Mystery Of The Missing Portrait Of Robert Hooke, 17th-Century Scientist
Extraordinaire,"
Conversation, July 27, 2020.
David Andress, "Joseph
Banks Was More Than Captain Cook's Botanist; He Was An Agent Of The British
Empire,"
Conversation, April 27, 2020.
Tanya Latty, "Hidden
Women Of History: Maria Sibylla Merian, 17th-Century Entomologist And Scientific
Adventurer,"
Conversation, February 20, 2019.
Marcelo Gleiser, "When The State Sinks, Science Is The Anchor," Cosmos And Culture, NPR, October 26, 2017.
Kat Eschner, "How
A 1604 Supernova Presented A Challenge To Astronomers,"
Smithsonian News, October 9, 2017.
Kat Eschner, "This
17th-Century Anatomist Made Art Out Of Bodies,"
Smithsonian Smartnews, March 28, 2017.
Leila McNeill, "The
17th-Century Lady Astronomer Who Took Measure Of The Stars,"
Smithsonian, March 2, 2017.
Lorraine Daston, "'The
Invention Of Science: A New History Of The Scientific Revolution' By David
Wootton, Review -- A Big Bang Moment,"
Guardian, November 28, 2015.
Maya Wei-Haas, "The
Grisly Details Of Early Anatomy Textbooks,"
Smithsonian, October 29, 2015.
Richard Lea, "Royal
Institution To Sell Science Treasures To Rescue Finances,"
Guardian, October 21, 2015.
Neil Prior, "Robert
Hooke's 350 Year Old Science Book On Display,"
BBC News, July 7, 2015.
"Royal
Society Celebrates 350 Years Of Scientific Publishing,"
Guardian, March 6, 2015.
John Naughton, "Thomas
Kuhn: The Man Who Changed The Way The World Looked At Science,"
Observer, August 19, 2012.
Charles Nicholl, "'Circulation:
William Harvey's Revolutionary Idea' By Thomas Wright -- Review,"
Guardian, June 6, 2012.
"Strange
Tales From The Royal Society,"
BBC Newsmagazine, October 26, 2011.
Richard Holmes, "The
Royal Society's Lost Women Scientists,"
Observer, November 21, 2010.
"The
Royal Society Puts Historic Papers Online,"
BBC News, November 30, 2009.
"Revenge
On Isaac Newton," BBC
News, July 1, 2003.
"Pope
Seeks Understanding With Science,"
BBC News, June 7, 1999.
Copernicus
Darius Von Guttner Sporzynski, "How Modern Scientists Solved The Centuries-Old Mystery Of Copernicus's Lost Grave," ABC News, January 6, 2024.
Mark Brown, "Huge Portrait Of Copernicus To Be Seen In UK For First Time," Guardian, November 23, 2020.
Danny Lewis, "Happy
543rd Birthday, Nicolaus Copernicus,"
Smithsonian News, February 19, 2016.
"Nicolaus
Copernicus Celebrated In Google Doodle,"
Guardian, February 19, 2013.
"Copernicus
Reburied After 467 Years,"
ABC News, May 24, 2010.
Owen Bowcott, "16th-Century
Skeleton Identified As Astronomer Copernicus,"
Guardian, November 21, 2008.
Adam Easton, "Polish
Tests 'Confirm Copernicus,'"
BBC News, November 21, 2008.
"Poland
Angered By 'German' Copernicus,"
DW, October 11, 2008.
Andrew Curry, "Copernicus
Unearthed,"
Smithsonian, May 2006.
"'Body Of Copernicus' Identified," BBC News, November 4, 2005.
Galileo
Edwin Rios, "Treasured Galileo Manuscript Is A Forgery, University Of Michigan Says," Guardian, August 23, 2022.
Ella Feldman, "Historian
Discovers A Prized Galileo Manuscript Was Forged,"
Smithsonian Smart News, August 22, 2022.
"Romanian
Police Uncover Rare Books Of Galileo And Newton Stolen In $4.4 M Heist,"
ABC News, September 18, 2020.
Jamie Doward, "When
Milton Met Galileo: The Collision Of Cultures That Helped Shape Paradise Lost,"
Observer, August 20, 2017.
Danny Lewis, "Happy
452nd Birthday, Galileo,"
Smithsonian Smartnews, February 15, 2016.
Adam Gopnik, "A Point Of View: Science, Magic, And Madness," BBC News, April 12, 2013.
Julie Mianecki, "378 Years Ago Today: Galileo Forced To Recant," Smithsonian, June 22, 2011.
"Museum
Finds Astronomer Galileo's Lost Body Parts,"
BBC News, November 20, 2009.
James Kingland, "Galileo's
Telescope: Let's Hear It For Inventors And Toolmakers,"
Guardian, August 25, 2009.
David Zax, "Galileo's Revolutionary Vision Helped Usher In Modern Astronomy," Smithsonian, August 2009.
"Galileo's Instruments Of Discovery," Smithsonian, July 19, 2009.
"Pope
Praises Galileo's Astronomy,"
BBC News, December 21, 2008.
Mark Duff, "Italy
Row Over Galileo's Remains,"
BBC News, March 5, 2008.
Isaac Newton
Pritti Mistry, "Isaac Newton Apple Tree Saplings Auction Raises More Than 30 Thousand Pounds," BBC News, September 29, 2023.
"Cambridge
University Adds Lost Isaac Newton Writings To Collection,"
BBC News, January 7, 2022.
"Christie's
To Sell Isaac Newton's Notes For Greatest Work,"
DW, June 1, 2021.
"Isaac
Newton's Handwritten Notes For 'Philsophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' To
Be Auctioned In London,"
ABC News, May 31, 2021.
Alison Flood, "Isaac
Newton Notes Almost Destroyed By Dog Sell For 380,000 Pounds,"
Guardian, December 9, 2020.
Harriet Sherwood, "Revealed:
Isaac Newton's Attempts To Unlock Secret Code Of Pyramids,"
Observer, December 6, 2020.
"Rare
Sir Isaac Newton Book Sells For 24 Thousand Pounds At Auction,"
BBC News, October 13, 2020.
"'Rare' Sir Isaac Newton Work Found On Bookshelf Sells For 22 Thousand Pounds," BBC News, October 8, 2020.
Alison Flood, "Isaac
Newton Proposed Curing Plague With Toad Vomit, Unseen Papers Show,"
Guardian, June 2, 2020.
"Stephen
Hawking's Ashes To Be Interred Near Graves Of Sir Isaac Newton And Charles
Darwin," ABC News,
March 20, 2018.
"Sir
Isaac Newton Tree 'Clones' To Inspire Loughborough Students,"
BBC News, March 13, 2018.
"Sir
Isaac Newton Wall Picture Found at Woolsthorpe Manor,"
BBC News, December 8, 2017.
Maev Kennedy, "Windmill
Drawing Found On Wall Of Isaac Newton Childhood Home,"
Guardian, December 8, 2017.
Kevin Rawlinson, "Isaac
Newton Masterwork Becomes Most Expensive Science Book Sold,"
Guardian, December 15, 2016.
Danny Lewis, "Isaac
Newton Used This Recipe In His Hunt To Make A Philosopher's Stone,"
Smithsonian Smartnews, April 11, 2016.
Alok Jha, "What
Is Newton's Second Law Of Motion?,"
Guardian, May 11, 2014.
Alok Jha, "Newton's
Universal Law Of Gravitation,"
Guardian, October 13, 2013.
"Festival
Celebrating Sir Isaac Newton Attracts Thousands,"
BBC News, September 29, 2012.
"Cambridge University Puts Isaac Newton Papers Online," BBC News, December 12, 2011.
Matthew Thompson, "Digital
Alchemy: Sir Isaac Newton's Papers No Online,"
Conversation, December 12, 2011.
"Isaac Newton Predicted End Of World -- In 2060," ABC News, June 17, 2007.
"Isaac Newton's Alchemy Notes Found," ABC News, July 1, 2005.
Tycho Brahe
Kat Eschner, "Astronomer
And Alchemist Tycho Brahe Died Full Of Gold,"
Smithsonian News, December 14, 2016.
"Astronomer
Tycho Brahe 'Not Poisoned,' Says Expert,"
BBC News, November 15, 2012.
"Tycho
Brahe's 'Murder' Investigated,"
Guardian, November 15, 2012.
Daniel Mallia, "Did Johannes Kepler Murder Tycho Brahe?," History News Network, January 2012.
"Danish
Astronomer Tycho Brahe Exhumed To Solve Mystery,"
BBC News, November 15, 2010.
George Beekman, "Tycho Brahe's Observatory Rises From The Ruins," New Scientist, July 6, 1991.
Johannes Kepler
Louisa Wright, "Astronomical
Anniversary: Johannes Kepler's Legacy,"
DW, December 27, 2021.
Alison Flood, "Groundbreaking
Astronomer Kepler 'May Have Practised Alchemy,'"
Guardian, June 13, 2019.
Alison Flood, "The
Astronomer Who Saved His Mother From Being Burned As A Witch,"
Guardian, October 21, 2015.
"Johannes
Kepler Featured In Latest Google Doodle,"
Guardian, December 27, 2013.
Marcelo Gleiser, "Kepler's
Genius: Letting Nature Have The Last Word,"
Cosmos and Culture, NPR, February 13, 2013.
Andreas Vesalius
Donna Ferguson, "Annotated Version Of Andreas Vesalius's Masterwork On Human Anatomy Up For Auction," Guardian, January 15, 2024.
Richard Gunderman, "The
Man Who Revolutionized Our Knowledge Of The Human Body,"
Conversation, December 31, 2014.
"The Self-Publicist Whose Medical Text Books Caused A Stir," BBC Newsmagazine, November 18, 2014.
Bill Hayes, "The Secrets Inside Us," New York Times, December 3, 2013.