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Peer review: Troubled from the start

Nature
Pivotal moments in the history of academic refereeing have occurred at times when the public status of science was being renegotiated,...
103 months ago

Who Was the First Scientist?

Discover Magazine
Galileo Galilei's famous studies of motion and the cosmos, plus his readiness to contradict religious dogma, make him the archetypal scientist.
45 months ago

Scientist's birthright

Nature
Although histories of science routinely mention the birth of our word 'scientist' from the pen of William Whewell a mere 167 years ago,...
283 months ago

In retrospect: On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences

Nature
Richard Holmes finds Mary Somerville's breakthrough science best-seller thrillingly fresh, 180 years on.
121 months ago

Meet Mary Somerville, The Scholar For Whom The Word "Scientist" Was Invented

All That's Interesting
When we think of history's great scientists, names such as Isaac Newton, Galileo Galilei, or Nicolaus Copernicus likely come to mind.
94 months ago

How ‘man of science’ was dumped in favour of ‘scientist’

The Conversation
JT Carrington, editor of the popular science magazine Science-Gossip, achieved a remarkable feat in December of 1894.
124 months ago

Eso de que William Whewell inventó la palabra científico… pues va a ser que en español estaba inventada de antes

Microsiervos
Pepe Cervera escribía hace unos días acerca de Mary Somerville, una mujer extraordinaria que rompió con las convenciones de su época y...
84 months ago

«Científico», una palabra inventada por españoles que en primer lugar se usó para hablar de una mujer

ABC
La palabra apareció en un libro de Juan de Mena en el siglo XVI y fue popularizada por William Whewell en el XIX.
47 months ago

William Whewell (1794 - 1866) - Biography

MacTutor History of Mathematics
William Whewell's parents were John Whewell, a master carpenter, and Elizabeth Bennison. It was a large family, and William was the eldest of his parents'...
54 months ago

William Hallowes Miller

Wikipedia
Prof William Hallowes Miller FRS HFRSE LLD DCL (6 April 1801 – 20 May 1880) was a Welsh mineralogist and laid the foundations of modern crystallography.
157 months ago