In case you'd like to own an astrolabe that once belonged to John Herschel: bonhams.com/auction/29884/…

Upcoming conference on John Herschel hosted by Herschel Society and Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution: brlsi.org/john-herschel-… Tickets now available!

A translation of my article on #JohnHerschel and the reform of science up today Pour la Science: pourlascience.fr/sd/histoire-sc…

The challenge of a Herschel biography, and how the new Companion meets it! cambridgeblog.org/2024/02/the-ch… Cambridge University Press

The Cambridge University Press Companion to John Herschel is now available to pre-order! cambridge.org/us/universityp… So pleased with how this has turned out, and thanks to all our contributors!

Coming soon from Cambridge University Press!

More cyanotypes! A new edition collects Anna Atkins' early botanical cyanotypes. Great write-up in nature by Georgina Ferry: nature.com/articles/d4158…

George Airy was born #OTD in 1801. On 8 December Daniel Belteki will talk about the founding of Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, focusing on Airy when he was director in its early days. Keep an eye on Royal Astronomical Society events page for future booking details ras.ac.uk/events-and-mee… #SaveTheDate

Is cyanotype a photographic method? Yes!
Was it invented to reproduce architectural drawings? No!
Here's a great how-to article though if you want to give it a try: fstoppers.com/bts/cyanotype-… fstoppers.com

A quick retrospective on this summer's #HistoryOfAstronomy workshop at University of Notre Dame and AdlerPlanet : hssonline.org/blogpost/19874… Thanks to everyone who attended and made the workshop's physical return a success! History of Science

Herschels are 3/50ths of the '50 greatest astronomers of all time'-- and, of course, the Moon Hoax makes an appearance. (Sigh.) skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/… BBC Sky at Night Magazine

More fantastic artwork using Herschel's cyanotype method. He didn't invent them to copy his notes (he was more interested in the nature of light and chemistry), but he did originate the process! muskokaregion.com/things-to-do/w… Work by huntsvilleart.ca/artist/dawn-hu…

Herschel makes the cover of Physics Today! Happy to be able to share his story with the wider science community. HerschelianAstronomy

Herschel invented the cyanotype photographic process, which, as Benjamin Aleshire's art shows, still has applications far beyond blueprints! waterburyroundabout.org/community-arch…

John Herschel (1792–1871), famed for his work in astronomy and photography, helped contribute to the creation of the modern scientific discipline in the mid 19th century. Stephen Case explains how. #histSTM pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/a…

This is well worth reading for anyone interested in the Herschels, or the History of Science.

I loved Stephen Case’s article here about John Herschel’s helping to liberate science from aristocratic privilege. I didn’t discuss John Herschel much in “Minding the Heavens” because the focus is on work of the kind his father William did, but John was enormously influential.