Robin Wolfe Scheffler
@biohistorian.bsky.social
Historian of biology, medicine, and beyond at MIT
on hist sci/med, +1 to Kevles, but also Andrea Stern's "Eugenic Nation" or Nathaniel Comfort's "The science of human perfection."
@ayahnerd.bsky.social is going to have a book out on Black Eugenic thought in the 19th and 20thC, hopefully soon!
@ayahnerd.bsky.social is going to have a book out on Black Eugenic thought in the 19th and 20thC, hopefully soon!
March 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
on hist sci/med, +1 to Kevles, but also Andrea Stern's "Eugenic Nation" or Nathaniel Comfort's "The science of human perfection."
@ayahnerd.bsky.social is going to have a book out on Black Eugenic thought in the 19th and 20thC, hopefully soon!
@ayahnerd.bsky.social is going to have a book out on Black Eugenic thought in the 19th and 20thC, hopefully soon!
Reposted by Robin Wolfe Scheffler
famous genetics/mol bio people/institutions & their start-up companies were swimming in oil $: Salk Institute, Carl Djerassi, Cold Spring Harbor Lab (latter I learned ab/ thx to @biohistorian.bsky.social).
and yet, oil firms didn't get much from those deals & quit them in the late '80s. why? 13/x
and yet, oil firms didn't get much from those deals & quit them in the late '80s. why? 13/x
March 13, 2025 at 2:34 PM
famous genetics/mol bio people/institutions & their start-up companies were swimming in oil $: Salk Institute, Carl Djerassi, Cold Spring Harbor Lab (latter I learned ab/ thx to @biohistorian.bsky.social).
and yet, oil firms didn't get much from those deals & quit them in the late '80s. why? 13/x
and yet, oil firms didn't get much from those deals & quit them in the late '80s. why? 13/x
Hi! I wrote an essay about Brighter Biochemistry (dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721....) after finding it as a master's student-- its fascinating!
About 20 years ago I photographed all 8 volumes. I have to see if they survived their travel form one drive to another.
About 20 years ago I photographed all 8 volumes. I have to see if they survived their travel form one drive to another.
Brightening Biochemistry: Humor, identity, and scientific work at the sir william dunn institute of biochemistry, 1923–1931
dspace.mit.edu
February 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Hi! I wrote an essay about Brighter Biochemistry (dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721....) after finding it as a master's student-- its fascinating!
About 20 years ago I photographed all 8 volumes. I have to see if they survived their travel form one drive to another.
About 20 years ago I photographed all 8 volumes. I have to see if they survived their travel form one drive to another.
Not sure if you've seen it but there are some interesting studies of 19th and 20thC cancer hospitals that would be apropos. From my own background work on cancer and contagion I have lots of references to odor and cancer-- many are running around in the notes of Ch1 in my book.
February 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Not sure if you've seen it but there are some interesting studies of 19th and 20thC cancer hospitals that would be apropos. From my own background work on cancer and contagion I have lots of references to odor and cancer-- many are running around in the notes of Ch1 in my book.
Not sure if Harold Cook's Matters of Exchange is intro text but it has lots of material to this point that can be excerpted, e.g. the Dutch VOC and knowledge of nutmeg cultivation in the Banda Islands.
February 16, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Not sure if Harold Cook's Matters of Exchange is intro text but it has lots of material to this point that can be excerpted, e.g. the Dutch VOC and knowledge of nutmeg cultivation in the Banda Islands.
Hello! Yes @claireturner.bsky.social I'm focused on the 20thC US but I also teach a broader undergraduate course on the history of cancer, I might be able to suggest others once I learn more about what you're looking for and what you already know!
February 16, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hello! Yes @claireturner.bsky.social I'm focused on the 20thC US but I also teach a broader undergraduate course on the history of cancer, I might be able to suggest others once I learn more about what you're looking for and what you already know!
muse-jhu-edu.
December 28, 2023 at 1:36 PM
muse-jhu-edu
December 28, 2023 at 1:33 PM
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November 16, 2023 at 2:04 PM
"The potential to generate new ideas and partnerships through chance encounters is unmatched by less compact and more car-reliant rival clusters like California’s Bay Area or North Carolina’s Research Triangle, say Kendall Square boosters."