Peter Barker
@voxcanis.bsky.social
I work in both history and philosophy of science. Current projects: the reality of celestial orbs before Tycho Brahe; the afterlife of Tychonism; women in the Scientific Revolution (with @sacrobosco.bsky.social)
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Peter Barker
@voxcanis.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Please add me to your starter pack if you still have room. I am interested in early modern women in the sciences (broadly understood) but also the Safavid and early Mughal empires.
Peter Barker
@voxcanis.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Thanks so much for this list. I’d love to be added.
Peter Barker
@voxcanis.bsky.social
· Aug 15
Interview: Science historian Naomi Oreskes schools the Supreme Court on climate change
When the Clean Air Act was passed in 1970, scientists and lawmakers already knew that carbon dioxide was warming the planet, and that regulating emissions could have wide-ranging economic impacts.
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Peter Barker
@voxcanis.bsky.social
· Jul 4
What a great story to be able to add to my undergraduate lectures - Rutherford’s first student was a woman, and they discovered Radon together!