Welcome to teleskopos, my new blogging home. I thought it was about time I found a place of my own, although I will be continuing to cross-post at Whewell’s Ghost. It is something of a work-in-progress, as I find my way around WordPress, so I hope that you’ll bear with me as I make elementary errors.
I will be blogging probably about as frequently as I was before, and much on the same themes: my research in history of science, history of science in museums and the relationship between the academic field and more popular formats. Perhaps, with my own blog to run around in, I will start adding other topics and views, reviews and thoughts, short and long. We will see…
A word on the name of the blog. It is, of course, all fancy-shmancy Greek for telescope. Since I work within an historic observatory, researching its heritage and curating some of its telescopes, it seems fair enough, although I will not be sticking to history of instruments or astronomy. There will also, probably, be very little Greek science, but I liked teleskopos because it clearly shows the etymology: ‘far-seeing’. If an astronomical telescope looks back through time as it peers into space, I hope my own little ‘perspective glass’ will facilitate some sort of view on the past.
[…] I have just set up teleskopos, my new blogging home. I thought it was about time I found a place of my own, although I will be continuing to cross-post at Whewell’s Ghost. It is something of a work-in-progress, as I find my way around WordPress, so I hope that you’ll bear with me as I make elementary errors (including having all my exported WG posts pingback comments here, and probably elsewhere: sorry!). [Read more] […]
Congratulations!
Awesome, Becky!
Congrats on the new blog! The name is terrific. Looking forward to fascinating posts!
A great addition to the HistSci intertubes empire. Keep on keeping on.
Thanks all! Much appreciated.
Long live your virtual telescope!
Congratulations Dr. Higgitts.
teleskopos is the latest addition to my bookmarks.