The Renaissance Mathematicus

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LXIV

A cosmos hanging from the living room ceiling

Canus Academicus

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LXIII

The Prince and his mathematical practitioners

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LXII

History of science garbage dumps – two for the price of one

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LXI

Me & Country Joe

Was Christianity necessary for the invention of science?

England’s first printed-globe maker

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LX

Al-Ghazali did not put a stop to Islamic science

Correctly orientated

War of the Wheels – The Wheelie Bin vs. The Wheelchair

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LIX

The scientific instrument maker Ralph Greatorex and his connections in the mid 17th century English mathematical and scientific community.

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LVIII

Much Ado About Nothing

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LVII

Christmas Trilogy 2025 Part 3: Pictures of Johannes

Christmas Trilogy 2025 Part 2: Pictures of Charles

Christmas Trilogy 2025 Part 1: Pictures of Isaac

The Sun stood still

A Christmas gift from the Gnomes of Ball Mansions.

He inherited Richard Hakluyt’s life’s work.

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LVI

The life journey of a fascinating interdisciplinary scholar in the seventeenth century.

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LV

The leading scientific instrument maker in seventeen-century London

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LIV

Convalescence a progress report

Three more books on the history of science in medieval Islamicate culture

A nightmare that began with a cough

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LIII

Charles Whitwell – A credit to his master

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LII

The history of science in medieval Islamicate culture.

A historian of science and New York Times reporter tries his hand at the 17th century Church and heliocentricity controversy and fails dismally.

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – LI

The Welsh instrument maker who didn’t fit the contemporary mould.

From τὰ φυσικά (ta physika) to physics – XLIX

Conflict what Conflict?

A book you can count on