Science populariser Ethan Siegel tries his hand at the history of astronomy of the Early Modern period on Starts with a Bang, and fails miserably 'histsci

https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/08/05/no-ethan-kepler-did-not-change-his-mind/

Jesuit, astronomer, physicist Christoph Scheiner, who had a dispute with Galileo over Sunspots, wa born 25 July 1575 #histsci
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/apelles-hiding-behind-the-painting/

On this day seventeen years ago, the Renaissance Mathematicus took its first faltering step in the Internet
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/17/