How big is a ‘drop’? 💧 @beccajackson.bsky.social, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Measurement Lab and the Affective Experience Lab, recently co-authored a prize-winning paper on the story of the non-standard unit of a 'drop'.
Read the paper:
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Don't miss this exciting talk by @beccajackson.bsky.social in beautiful Vienna, organized by the Chair of History of Medicine and the Biosciences!
#HistMed #HPS #HistSTM
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🎚️[Turns excitement-level up to 11] My brilliant colleague Dr Rebecca Jackson @beccajackson.bsky.social is co-editing this collection on the philosophical, historical and cultural dynamics of measurement. Do consider submitting a chapter proposal! 🎚️
In today's AIP History Weekly Edition @janpotters.bsky.social looks at Tom Kuhn's frustrations interviewing ~100 physicists for the landmark Sources for History of Quantum Physics project. An important lesson in what we want from oral history and what it can give us.
📷Niels Bohr & Homer Dodge #HPS
In March we hosted ‘Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well’. Organiser @beccajackson.bsky.social reviews of this international workshop which brought together researchers to rewrite the story of what it means to measure 📏 ⚖️
Read the recap 👇
Researcher Meg Briers participates in Brewing Minds in Vagabund Brauerei Kesselhaus! "Women Who Chased The Sun" deals with hidden & forgotten figures of 19th-century astronomical expeditions.
🗓️ Mar 18 (18:30–21:30)
📍 Oudenarder Str. 16–20 (Berlin)
🔗 bit.ly/4u3ASd
🎫 10.90–45.00€
#HistSci #Astronomy
"Is there any “middle-way” between rigor and relevance, or is one always at the expense of the other?"
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Rebecca Jackson recaps the three-day workshop Measurement Heretics: Being, Meaning and Measuring Well.
Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event!
@durhamimh.bsky.social
#histsci #histmed #hps #philsci #medhums #histtech #sts
🚨 Call for Abstracts: The New Measurement Heretics
We welcome proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology, and anthropology of measurement who would like to address themes around formal & informal measurement concepts ⚖️
Find out more 👇
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This is going to be brilliant. I can't wait to discuss all things measurement with this incredible line up of speakers!!
Yeh I love how confidently I stated that when I barely knew what a philosopher was 😂
Still stuck on measurement, after 11 years haha! I fondly remember working at the BSU honors college front desk with you. Look what I found the other day:
We invite proposals from researchers in the philosophy, history, sociology and anthropology of measurement for a new edited collection. Deadline 15 June 2026.
This 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data.
medhumsplatform.org
Durham Institute for Medical Humanities
Rebecca Jackson, PhD
Rebecca Jackson, PhD
Rebecca Jackson, PhD
Coreen McGuire
Excited to host the Measurement Heretics Workshop: Being Meaning and Measuring Well on March 11-13, at the Institute for Medical Humanities, Durham University. The keynote will be hybrid so register for this free event!
@durhamimh.bsky.social
#histsci #histmed #hps #philsci #medhums #histtech #sts
This 3-day workshop brings together international & interdisciplinary perspectives to guide the future of ethical, meaningful health data.
