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Did Humphry Davy suffer from Impostor Syndrome?
When I think of Humphry Davy, I think of a scientist, someone who became a star attraction during the early days of the Royal Institution and inventor of the eponymous Davy Lamp (although at the time others accused him of … Continue reading
Posted in History of Science, Science Culture
Tagged Alice Jenkins, Humphry Davy, Jan Golinski, Richard Holmes, Zooniverse
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Men Talking (and Needing to)
In the wake of the recent fracas over whether a university should celebrate International Men’s Day or not, I was struck by the following sentence in a book I was reading ‘I learned how much everyone needs to talk about … Continue reading
