I am Gregory (Greg) Good, historian of science, with an eye on technology, environment, and bigger worldviews. I write about human understanding of Earth and our near-space environment since about 1800. #histsci #histech #envhist #histgeo
Gregory A Good
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I recently started as an Advisory Board member at WVU Press. I get to read a wide variety of manuscripts brought to us by the editors. What a wonderful opportunity i have to witness creative writing in memoirs, histories, and fiction! #WVUPress
The striking geological and other illustrations of Orra White Hitchcock (1796–1863)
Cambridge Department of History and Philosophy of Science are now on Bluesky! 🔭📚 @hpscambridge.bsky.social
Gregory A Good
Gregory A Good
Extremely proud to say that my new @physicstoday.aip.org feature article is live. In it, I explore the history and context of the rare interviews with J. Robert Oppenheimer recently made public by @aiphistory.bsky.social.
physicstoday.aip.org/features/opp...
Geophysics exploded during the interwar years due to a curious confluence of internationalism, colonialism, and petroleum. Learn more on our latest #HagleyHistoryHangout with @bordergroves.bsky.social and @erikisberg.bsky.social here or wherever you find your podcasts: www.hagley.org/research/his...
If you'd like to know more about John Trump, check out a brief profile I wrote on him in @physicstoday.aip.org a decade ago now. And for more on his many peers in the World War II milieu, check out my book, Rational Action.
And you can read Stefan's full JHoK article on Elsheimer's famous artwork here: journalhistoryknowledge.org/article/view...
Almost three years and sixty-four episodes have taken us from Aristotle's ta physika to the modern meaning of physics in the eighteenth century #histsci
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Now available: David DeVorkin's April 17 Trimble lecture, "The Quiet Genius of George Carruthers."
David's among the most skilled and prolific historians of astronomy we have. He's been through some ill health, so it was extra wonderful to have him with us.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CEh...
Geophysics, or the study of Earth using the tools and methods of physics, is often understood to have begun in the post-WWII period. However, the period between the world wars saw ferment and innovati...
The president’s uncle was an MIT physicist and engineer who made his mark in the development of high-voltage generators, World War II radar, and cancer therapies.
physicstoday.aip.org
Oooh. Adding this to the list of things to read when the semester is done.
Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society
jhokjournal.bsky.social
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Interviews now available to the public bring the famed physicist’s lesser-known early years to life.
