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
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?
bigthink.com
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...
www.forewordreviews.com
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
Princeton paleontologist Gerta Keller's book, "The Last Extinction", is being published tomorrow, September 9th. "The Reinvention of Science" already addressed the debate on the extinction of the dinosaurs: a bolid impact (Alvarez) or extreme volcanism in India (Keller) 🧪⚛️🔭🦕@lissawarren.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Princeton paleontologist Gerta Keller's book, "The Last Extinction", is being published tomorrow, September 9th. "The Reinvention of Science" already addressed the debate on the extinction of the dinosaurs: a bolid impact (Alvarez) or extreme volcanism in India (Keller) 🧪⚛️🔭🦕@lissawarren.bsky.social
Yes, you are right. In the Preface of the book we talk🧪 about science and truth: "Our “true” is just the ideas (theories,
hypotheses, models and scenarios) that agree most
closely with the results of observations and experiments" at a given moment. 🧪⚛️🔭
hypotheses, models and scenarios) that agree most
closely with the results of observations and experiments" at a given moment. 🧪⚛️🔭
September 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Yes, you are right. In the Preface of the book we talk🧪 about science and truth: "Our “true” is just the ideas (theories,
hypotheses, models and scenarios) that agree most
closely with the results of observations and experiments" at a given moment. 🧪⚛️🔭
hypotheses, models and scenarios) that agree most
closely with the results of observations and experiments" at a given moment. 🧪⚛️🔭
Engaging article by Dr. Sara Giordano in @theconversation.com. The book “The Reinvention of Science” by Jones, Martinez & Trimble contains an extensive history of how science evolved through controversy, suppression, and the desire to mantain the status quo. 🧪🔭⚛️ theconversation.com/scientific-o...
Scientific objectivity is a myth – cultural values and beliefs always influence science and the people who do it
Cultural ideas are inextricably entwined with the people who do science, the questions they ask, the assumptions they hold and the conclusions they land on.
theconversation.com
September 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Engaging article by Dr. Sara Giordano in @theconversation.com. The book “The Reinvention of Science” by Jones, Martinez & Trimble contains an extensive history of how science evolved through controversy, suppression, and the desire to mantain the status quo. 🧪🔭⚛️ theconversation.com/scientific-o...
Review in Amazon by the cosmologist Jaan Einasto, on “The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma an Ignorance”. “An excellent and well written book on history of wide range of natural sciences, both historical and modern. written by best expert” 🧪 🔭⚛️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Ei...
Jaan Einasto - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
August 30, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Review in Amazon by the cosmologist Jaan Einasto, on “The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma an Ignorance”. “An excellent and well written book on history of wide range of natural sciences, both historical and modern. written by best expert” 🧪 🔭⚛️ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Ei...
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2... 🧪🔭⚛️
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope - NASA Science
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus,
science.nasa.gov
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA’s Webb Telescope science.nasa.gov/blogs/webb/2... 🧪🔭⚛️
Reposted by Vicent J. Martínez
The morning in the "Picos de Europa" National Park.
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #sunrise #landscapes
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #sunrise #landscapes
August 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The morning in the "Picos de Europa" National Park.
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #sunrise #landscapes
Spain - 2025
🥾 #hiking #nature #mountains #sunrise #landscapes
Claro que te entendemos. ¡Qué maravilla de cuadro (Los cazadores en la nieve de Pieter Brueghel el Viejo) y de libro (#Loscielosretratados)
August 17, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Claro que te entendemos. ¡Qué maravilla de cuadro (Los cazadores en la nieve de Pieter Brueghel el Viejo) y de libro (#Loscielosretratados)
Reposted by Vicent J. Martínez
Altísimas concentraciones de monóxido de carbono (CO) generado por los pavorosos incendios del noroeste peninsular. Los confinamientos en localidades afectadas por el humo de los incendios están justificados.
(Captura del monitor de mapas de @MeteoredES).
(Captura del monitor de mapas de @MeteoredES).
August 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Altísimas concentraciones de monóxido de carbono (CO) generado por los pavorosos incendios del noroeste peninsular. Los confinamientos en localidades afectadas por el humo de los incendios están justificados.
(Captura del monitor de mapas de @MeteoredES).
(Captura del monitor de mapas de @MeteoredES).
Does the Universe expand faster than the speed of light? by @startswithabang.bsky.social. I talked about this question in the small book: “Abriendo las puertas del cielo” (in Spanish) in a couple of pages ending with a wonderful quote from Cecilia Payne.🧪🔭⚛️📚 bigthink.com/starts-with-...
August 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Does the Universe expand faster than the speed of light? by @startswithabang.bsky.social. I talked about this question in the small book: “Abriendo las puertas del cielo” (in Spanish) in a couple of pages ending with a wonderful quote from Cecilia Payne.🧪🔭⚛️📚 bigthink.com/starts-with-...
The International Space Station (ISS) passing in front of the Moon this morning (August 15, 2025) photographed by Alicia Lozano and Vicent Peris from the Aras de los Olmos Observatory (Seestar S50 + Canon EosR) and the ISS and the Moon photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in 2011 (NASA) 🧪🔭⚛️🌖
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The International Space Station (ISS) passing in front of the Moon this morning (August 15, 2025) photographed by Alicia Lozano and Vicent Peris from the Aras de los Olmos Observatory (Seestar S50 + Canon EosR) and the ISS and the Moon photographed from the space shuttle Atlantis in 2011 (NASA) 🧪🔭⚛️🌖
Reposted by Vicent J. Martínez
El origen astrofísico de la señal Wow! francis.naukas.com/2025/08/15/e...
El origen astrofísico de la señal Wow! - La Ciencia de la Mula Francis
Hoy, 15 de agosto, es el 48 aniversario de la señal Wow! que observó el radiotelescopio Big Ear del Observatorio de la Universidad Estatal de Ohio (OSURO) en 1977 en […]
francis.naukas.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:18 AM
El origen astrofísico de la señal Wow! francis.naukas.com/2025/08/15/e...
Review on “The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance” by @jipereziglesias.bsky.social #historyofscience ‘The subtitle refers the legend HC SVNT DRACONES’ 🧪🔭⚛️🗃️https://mappingignorance.org/2024/04/09/the-reinvention-of-science-slaying-the-dragons-of-dogma-and-ignorance/
Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance
'Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance' refers to the legend that appears in the Globe of Hunt-Lenox 'here be dragons'
mappingignorance.org
August 14, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Review on “The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance” by @jipereziglesias.bsky.social #historyofscience ‘The subtitle refers the legend HC SVNT DRACONES’ 🧪🔭⚛️🗃️https://mappingignorance.org/2024/04/09/the-reinvention-of-science-slaying-the-dragons-of-dogma-and-ignorance/