Vicent J. Martínez
@vicentjm.bsky.social
Catedràtic d'Astronomia i Astrofísica
Universitat de València
Universitat de València
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Our book: “The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance” has been published by @worldscientific and has just arrived. Table of contents, preface, first chapter, cover, backcover and a few short reviews can be found in doi.org/10.1142/q0394
“Belief vs. evidence” by Brian Alston. ‘Most individuals do not choose between belief and evidence. Instead, they continuously negotiate between them—integrating data, experience, intuition, values, and trust.’ open.substack.com/pub/briancal... 🧪🔭⚛️
Belief vs. Evidence
How humans reconcile faith, doubt, and scientific reasoning
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January 23, 2026 at 8:02 AM
“Belief vs. evidence” by Brian Alston. ‘Most individuals do not choose between belief and evidence. Instead, they continuously negotiate between them—integrating data, experience, intuition, values, and trust.’ open.substack.com/pub/briancal... 🧪🔭⚛️
Review on The Reinvention of Science by Kyle Cudworth, former director Yerkes Observatory. “One does not need to be a physicist to read and benefit from the book… readers should take time to enjoy the many stories of interesting characters and the fun historical tidbits”🧪⚛️🔭 doi.org/10.56315/PSC...
January 13, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Review on The Reinvention of Science by Kyle Cudworth, former director Yerkes Observatory. “One does not need to be a physicist to read and benefit from the book… readers should take time to enjoy the many stories of interesting characters and the fun historical tidbits”🧪⚛️🔭 doi.org/10.56315/PSC...
The Star of Bethlehem. In Giotto’s fresco The Adoration of the Magi, the painter represents the star as a comet. Giotto was able to observe Halley’s Comet in 1301. This comet, with a period of 76 years, was alo observed in the year 12 BCE; therefore, it could not have been the star of Bethlehem🧪⚛️🔭.
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
The Star of Bethlehem. In Giotto’s fresco The Adoration of the Magi, the painter represents the star as a comet. Giotto was able to observe Halley’s Comet in 1301. This comet, with a period of 76 years, was alo observed in the year 12 BCE; therefore, it could not have been the star of Bethlehem🧪⚛️🔭.
Happy solstice! 🌍❄️ Today (Dec 21) at 16:03 (CET or UTC+1) winter officially begins. Shortest day of the year, but your noon shadow will be the longest. From now on, days slowly start getting longer again. Animation by NAAP labs (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) 🧪⚛️🔭#astronomy
December 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Happy solstice! 🌍❄️ Today (Dec 21) at 16:03 (CET or UTC+1) winter officially begins. Shortest day of the year, but your noon shadow will be the longest. From now on, days slowly start getting longer again. Animation by NAAP labs (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) 🧪⚛️🔭#astronomy
“A century of modern cosmology” by Wendy Freedman, “These measurements have given rise to the “Hubble tension,” a persistent and intriguing discrepancy in the current rate of cosmic expansion, which continues to challenge modern understanding of cosmology” 🧪🔭⚛️Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A century of modern cosmology
Edwin Hubble’s measurement of a galaxy beyond the Milky Way led to the discovery of cosmic expansion
www.science.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“A century of modern cosmology” by Wendy Freedman, “These measurements have given rise to the “Hubble tension,” a persistent and intriguing discrepancy in the current rate of cosmic expansion, which continues to challenge modern understanding of cosmology” 🧪🔭⚛️Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
“Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers” by Beth DuFault 🧪⚛️🔭. See also “Bubbles and Influencers” (Chapter 3 of The Reinvention of Sicence) @theconversation.com theconversation.com/science-has-...
December 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
“Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers” by Beth DuFault 🧪⚛️🔭. See also “Bubbles and Influencers” (Chapter 3 of The Reinvention of Sicence) @theconversation.com theconversation.com/science-has-...
Lean a @aberron.bsky.social "Avi Loeb y los científicos que se pasan al ‘lado oscuro’: cuando el enemigo de la razón duerme en casa". Hablamos del papel de los 'influencers' en ciencia en "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭 www.eldiario.es/1_c3aebe?utm...
December 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Lean a @aberron.bsky.social "Avi Loeb y los científicos que se pasan al ‘lado oscuro’: cuando el enemigo de la razón duerme en casa". Hablamos del papel de los 'influencers' en ciencia en "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭 www.eldiario.es/1_c3aebe?utm...
Fascinated by the comet 3I/ATLAS and Prof Avi Loeb’s hypotheses? Watch the short film “Bow Shock” by Javier Díez. In the movie, astronomers spot an electromagnetic “bow wave”. A sudden deceleration of the wave suggests it is could be caused by an alien spacecraft. ⚛️🔭🧪 youtube.com/watch?v=fwZP...
Arco de choque (Bow Shock) English subtitles
YouTube video by Conec Magazine
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December 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Fascinated by the comet 3I/ATLAS and Prof Avi Loeb’s hypotheses? Watch the short film “Bow Shock” by Javier Díez. In the movie, astronomers spot an electromagnetic “bow wave”. A sudden deceleration of the wave suggests it is could be caused by an alien spacecraft. ⚛️🔭🧪 youtube.com/watch?v=fwZP...
Dinosaurs & Astrophysics: Rethinking Science: “…when an idea is accepted as dogma by the community, it is difficult to overthrow it, regardless of whether it is true or false.” From www.vu.lt/en/news-even... 🧪🔭⚛️
Dinosaurs & Astrophysics: Rethinking Science with Spanish Cosmologist Prof. Vicent J. Martínez
Vilnius University is a prestigious institution of science and studies in Lithuania, which develops world-class science and develops science-based international studies.
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December 11, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Dinosaurs & Astrophysics: Rethinking Science: “…when an idea is accepted as dogma by the community, it is difficult to overthrow it, regardless of whether it is true or false.” From www.vu.lt/en/news-even... 🧪🔭⚛️
Compelling account of some of the most important questions in science, both historical and contemporary, showing how understanding develops, how wrong ideas can halt progress, and how the wrong people sometimes get the credit. Sample reads @ doi.org/10.1142/q0394 🧪🔭⚛️
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Compelling account of some of the most important questions in science, both historical and contemporary, showing how understanding develops, how wrong ideas can halt progress, and how the wrong people sometimes get the credit. Sample reads @ doi.org/10.1142/q0394 🧪🔭⚛️
Scientists Vicent J. Martínez and Bernard J. T. Jones discussing the research published in their book "The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance." Event chaired by Sonia Antoranz Contera, Professor of Biological Physics at Oxford Univesity. 🧪⚛️🔭
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The Reinvention of Science
YouTube video by Instituto Cervantes London
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December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Scientists Vicent J. Martínez and Bernard J. T. Jones discussing the research published in their book "The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance." Event chaired by Sonia Antoranz Contera, Professor of Biological Physics at Oxford Univesity. 🧪⚛️🔭
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You can now see the conversation on the book: "The Reinvention of Science" held at the Instituto Cervantes (London). The same venue where the event with @irenevalmore.bsky.social about her wonderful book #Papyrus took place. See the quote from Richard Dawkins in our book.🧪⚛️🔭 youtu.be/Ue0rz2hmcZ4?...
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
You can now see the conversation on the book: "The Reinvention of Science" held at the Instituto Cervantes (London). The same venue where the event with @irenevalmore.bsky.social about her wonderful book #Papyrus took place. See the quote from Richard Dawkins in our book.🧪⚛️🔭 youtu.be/Ue0rz2hmcZ4?...
OTD (November, the 11th), in 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in the constellation of Cassiopeia. In Valencia, shepherds and lime burners were surprised to see the celestial intruder. Page of the book "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
OTD (November, the 11th), in 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in the constellation of Cassiopeia. In Valencia, shepherds and lime burners were surprised to see the celestial intruder. Page of the book "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭
Rainbow over the Tower of London
October 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Rainbow over the Tower of London
The conversation about the book “The Reinvention of Science” that will take place on Tuesday the 28th (18:30 UK time) will be broadcasted. Get free tickets in go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j to receive the link for streaming. More about the book, including a booktrailer www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook... 🧪🔭⚛️
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The conversation about the book “The Reinvention of Science” that will take place on Tuesday the 28th (18:30 UK time) will be broadcasted. Get free tickets in go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j to receive the link for streaming. More about the book, including a booktrailer www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook... 🧪🔭⚛️
On the Hubble tension and the dark energy. bigthink.com/starts-with-... by @startswithabang.bsky.social. Read also theconversation.com/dark-energy-... 🧪🔭⚛️
Ask Ethan: Is the Hubble tension the same thing as dark energy?
Observations with the Hubble space telescope helped cement dark energy and reveal the Hubble tension. How are these two things so different?
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October 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
On the Hubble tension and the dark energy. bigthink.com/starts-with-... by @startswithabang.bsky.social. Read also theconversation.com/dark-energy-... 🧪🔭⚛️
Next Tuesday October the 28th, at the Instituto Cervantes (London), we will have a conversation about the book: "The Reinvention of Science" with authors Bernard J. T. Jones and Vicent J. Martínez, chaired by Prof. Sonia Antoranz Contera. In person and online, free tickets at go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j
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October 16, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Next Tuesday October the 28th, at the Instituto Cervantes (London), we will have a conversation about the book: "The Reinvention of Science" with authors Bernard J. T. Jones and Vicent J. Martínez, chaired by Prof. Sonia Antoranz Contera. In person and online, free tickets at go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j
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Nos vemos este miércoles, 8 de octubre, en Córdoba. Hablaremos de "La Reinvención de la Ciencia. De la extinción de los dinosaurios a la materia oscura en el universo". A las 19:30h en el Rectorado de la Universidad de Córdoba 🧪🔭⚛️ @cordobaciencia.bsky.social @cienciasuco.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Nos vemos este miércoles, 8 de octubre, en Córdoba. Hablaremos de "La Reinvención de la Ciencia. De la extinción de los dinosaurios a la materia oscura en el universo". A las 19:30h en el Rectorado de la Universidad de Córdoba 🧪🔭⚛️ @cordobaciencia.bsky.social @cienciasuco.bsky.social
Leaving Vilnius after a fruitful week of work at the Astronomical Observatory in Moletai and at the University's Physics Department where I gave a talk to a large and interested audience: "What killed the dinosaurs? and other science stories that you were wrongly told”. Many thanks to ACEBaltic🧪🔭⚛️
September 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Leaving Vilnius after a fruitful week of work at the Astronomical Observatory in Moletai and at the University's Physics Department where I gave a talk to a large and interested audience: "What killed the dinosaurs? and other science stories that you were wrongly told”. Many thanks to ACEBaltic🧪🔭⚛️
Next Thursday, September 25, 15:00h, at Vilnius University, Lithuania: “What killed the dinosaurs? And other science stories you were wrongly told”.🧪🔭⚛️🦕🌋☄️
September 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Next Thursday, September 25, 15:00h, at Vilnius University, Lithuania: “What killed the dinosaurs? And other science stories you were wrongly told”.🧪🔭⚛️🦕🌋☄️
Today, September 22nd, is the autumnal equinox. A good day to try this problem from the book "Fundamental Astronomy" by Karttunen et al. (Springer).
Are the sentences underlined in red and in blue correct? Hint: The sequence happens in Havana, let's say on September 22nd. Repost and try it!🧪⚛️🔭
Are the sentences underlined in red and in blue correct? Hint: The sequence happens in Havana, let's say on September 22nd. Repost and try it!🧪⚛️🔭
September 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Today, September 22nd, is the autumnal equinox. A good day to try this problem from the book "Fundamental Astronomy" by Karttunen et al. (Springer).
Are the sentences underlined in red and in blue correct? Hint: The sequence happens in Havana, let's say on September 22nd. Repost and try it!🧪⚛️🔭
Are the sentences underlined in red and in blue correct? Hint: The sequence happens in Havana, let's say on September 22nd. Repost and try it!🧪⚛️🔭
The mathgenealogy.org allows us to reconstruct our academic genealogy: I was a student of B. Jones, who in turn was a student of M. Rees, who in turn was a student of D. Sciama... and so, in 40 steps, we arrive at Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Many of us are descendants of Persian and Byzantine scholars!🧪⚛️🔭
September 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The mathgenealogy.org allows us to reconstruct our academic genealogy: I was a student of B. Jones, who in turn was a student of M. Rees, who in turn was a student of D. Sciama... and so, in 40 steps, we arrive at Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. Many of us are descendants of Persian and Byzantine scholars!🧪⚛️🔭
Challenging the popular conception that asteroid impacts caused the extinction of dinosaurs, "The Last Extinction" is Gerta Keller’s reflection on one of the nastiest controversies in the modern history of the earth sciences. Reviewed by Isaac Randel 🧪🔭⚛️🦕🌋☄️ www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-...
Review of The Last Extinction
The Last Extinction: Challenging the popular conception that asteroid impacts caused the extinction of dinosaurs, "The Last Extinction" is Gerta Keller’s reflection on one of the nastiest controversie...
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September 14, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Challenging the popular conception that asteroid impacts caused the extinction of dinosaurs, "The Last Extinction" is Gerta Keller’s reflection on one of the nastiest controversies in the modern history of the earth sciences. Reviewed by Isaac Randel 🧪🔭⚛️🦕🌋☄️ www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-...
Reposted by Vicent J. Martínez
“With a remarkable eye for dramatic detail…the book makes a persuasive case…An authoritative look at one of the most misunderstood cataclysms in the planet’s history.” Foreword magazine on Gerta Keller's THE LAST EXTINCTION. Full review here: bit.ly/46xrZzu @diversionbooks.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
“With a remarkable eye for dramatic detail…the book makes a persuasive case…An authoritative look at one of the most misunderstood cataclysms in the planet’s history.” Foreword magazine on Gerta Keller's THE LAST EXTINCTION. Full review here: bit.ly/46xrZzu @diversionbooks.bsky.social