Michael D. Barton
@darwinsbulldog.bsky.social
Historian & Darwin aficionado. Editor, John Tyndall Correspondence Project. Father & advocate for connecting children to nature (natureplaysign.com). He/him/his. Portland, OR.
I'm 150 pages into this new biography of composer John Williams by Tim Greiving, and Williams has not even met Steven Spielberg yet.
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I'm 150 pages into this new biography of composer John Williams by Tim Greiving, and Williams has not even met Steven Spielberg yet.
Ziggy's not so sure about our new pet. 🦕 Excellent score from my town's free and trade Facebook group!
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
November 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Ziggy's not so sure about our new pet. 🦕 Excellent score from my town's free and trade Facebook group!
#JurassicPark
#JurassicPark
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This year marks the bicentennial of the birth of Thomas Henry Huxley, born 4 May 1825. The only notice I've seen for this is John van Wyhe's short piece for the @linneansociety.bsky.social: bit.ly/4oVPZmq
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
No jacket required forest walk with my pup yesterday, in West Linn, Oregon. 🍄 🍁 ☀️
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
No jacket required forest walk with my pup yesterday, in West Linn, Oregon. 🍄 🍁 ☀️
Anthony Hopkins to play Charles Darwin in movie that will begin filming in 2026. The film Creation (2009) relied on the ghost of his daughter Annie to dramatize his life, now the ghost of Darwin himself will appear to his widow Emma. I guess movies about Darwin can't be made w/out the supernatural.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anthony Hopkins to play Charles Darwin in movie that will begin filming in 2026. The film Creation (2009) relied on the ghost of his daughter Annie to dramatize his life, now the ghost of Darwin himself will appear to his widow Emma. I guess movies about Darwin can't be made w/out the supernatural.
Lovely autumn color at the Environmental Learning Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon yesterday. 🍂
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Lovely autumn color at the Environmental Learning Center at Clackamas Community College in Oregon City, Oregon yesterday. 🍂
Stopped reading about rivers to read about rocks, but now back to rivers!
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Stopped reading about rivers to read about rocks, but now back to rivers!
Congratulations to editors Gowan Dawson, Matthew Stanley, and Matthew Wale on the publication of Vol. 14 of The Correspondence of John Tyndall. 7 more volumes to go!
upittpress.org/series/the-c...
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social
#histsci #HPS
upittpress.org/series/the-c...
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social
#histsci #HPS
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Congratulations to editors Gowan Dawson, Matthew Stanley, and Matthew Wale on the publication of Vol. 14 of The Correspondence of John Tyndall. 7 more volumes to go!
upittpress.org/series/the-c...
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social
#histsci #HPS
upittpress.org/series/the-c...
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social
#histsci #HPS
I started watching the 1992 PBS series The Dinosaurs! - I love older pre-Walking with Dinosaurs (1999)/pre-CGI documentaries about dinosurs - and in episode 1 was none other than historian of science Martin Rudwick, talking about Georges Cuvier. #histsci #HPS
[I'll follow w/ links to the episodes]
[I'll follow w/ links to the episodes]
October 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Daughter colleting worm poop along the trail. Charles Darwin would be so proud: bit.ly/4o0Sy6u
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Daughter colleting worm poop along the trail. Charles Darwin would be so proud: bit.ly/4o0Sy6u
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Reminder: the Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences (Springer, 2024), ed. by Elena Aronova, @hallucigenia.bsky.social & Marco Tamborini, is #OpenAccess. Download the PDF here: link.springer.com/referencewor...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Reminder: the Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences (Springer, 2024), ed. by Elena Aronova, @hallucigenia.bsky.social & Marco Tamborini, is #OpenAccess. Download the PDF here: link.springer.com/referencewor...
#histsci #HPS
#histsci #HPS
I was fortunate to meet her in 2008 at Montana State Univ. for a lecture, signed books afterward. While mostly everyone in line had the most recent paperback of In the Shadow of Man purchased from the university bookstore, she placed her hand on mine and said she was delighted to see an older copy.
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I was fortunate to meet her in 2008 at Montana State Univ. for a lecture, signed books afterward. While mostly everyone in line had the most recent paperback of In the Shadow of Man purchased from the university bookstore, she placed her hand on mine and said she was delighted to see an older copy.
Jane Goodall Institute announced just minutes ago that she died this morning from natural causes while in California for a speaking tour. :(
October 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Jane Goodall Institute announced just minutes ago that she died this morning from natural causes while in California for a speaking tour. :(
I'm halfway through, it's excellent!
September 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm halfway through, it's excellent!
I'm halfway through, it's excellent!
September 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I'm halfway through, it's excellent!
A nice little surprise in a local library used book store: Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (New York: Appleton, 1899). $3.50
September 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A nice little surprise in a local library used book store: Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (New York: Appleton, 1899). $3.50
Finding our first tardigrade, aka water bear, in a clump of moss collected from a local park! The book is The Naturalist at Home by @saimihanma.bsky.social: www.metrofieldguide.com/the-naturali...
#naturestudy #microscopy
#naturestudy #microscopy
September 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Finding our first tardigrade, aka water bear, in a clump of moss collected from a local park! The book is The Naturalist at Home by @saimihanma.bsky.social: www.metrofieldguide.com/the-naturali...
#naturestudy #microscopy
#naturestudy #microscopy
A surprise gift in the mail today: this 1000-piece Charles Darwin puzzle. Thank you, friend!
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
September 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A surprise gift in the mail today: this 1000-piece Charles Darwin puzzle. Thank you, friend!
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
(Do you spy books by @andreawulf.bsky.social and @catherinemcneur.bsky.social also?)
Historian of science Janet Browne, author of the definitive biography of Charles Darwin (Voyaging, 1995; The Power of Place, 2002) will publish an abridged and updated one-volume version next year with @princetonupress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4mS7R0Q
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
September 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Historian of science Janet Browne, author of the definitive biography of Charles Darwin (Voyaging, 1995; The Power of Place, 2002) will publish an abridged and updated one-volume version next year with @princetonupress.bsky.social: bit.ly/4mS7R0Q
#HPS #histsci
#HPS #histsci
Might as well show a picture of a father and son in the South driving a pick up truck with a rope in the back.
August 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Might as well show a picture of a father and son in the South driving a pick up truck with a rope in the back.
Been loving doing puzzles with my daughter recently. Here's one featuring art by Charley Harper.
August 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Been loving doing puzzles with my daughter recently. Here's one featuring art by Charley Harper.
A beetle day - one alive (left) and one dead, unfortunately (right).
August 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A beetle day - one alive (left) and one dead, unfortunately (right).
John Tyndall, Irish physicist, mountaineer & science popularizer, was born #OTD c. 1820. We've published 13 vols. of his letters thus far, 14 this fall & 15-21 in the works: bit.ly/4fluhVd
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social @ri-science.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
#HPS #histsci
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social @ri-science.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
#HPS #histsci
August 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
John Tyndall, Irish physicist, mountaineer & science popularizer, was born #OTD c. 1820. We've published 13 vols. of his letters thus far, 14 this fall & 15-21 in the works: bit.ly/4fluhVd
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social @ri-science.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
#HPS #histsci
@upittpress.bsky.social @rolandjackson.bsky.social @ri-science.bsky.social @royalsociety.org
#HPS #histsci