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Category: 18th Century

The Incomparable Monsignor: Francesco Bianchini’s world of science, history, and court intrigue

By Faith and Science  |  14 Nov 2022  |  Resources

Maximilian Hell: A Legacy in Transit

By Faith and Science  |  20 May 2022  |  Resources

Apocalyptic Themes in Isaac Newton’s Astronomical Physics

8 Jan 2021

Modern Scientific Thought in Santa Fe, Quito, and Caracas, 1736–1803

3 Aug 2020

Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of the Proper Motion of 61-Cygni

18 Jan 2019

Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres

14 Jan 2019

Emilie Du Châtelet on the existence of God

18 Jun 2018

Emilie Du Châtelet: Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings

15 Jun 2018

Telescopes: Through the Looking Glass

13 Apr 2018

A Serious Meditation – from Benjamin Banneker’s 1793 Almanac

14 Dec 2017

To Thomas Jefferson from Benjamin Banneker, 19 August 1791

12 Dec 2017

The publication of the astronomical observations of Buenaventura Suárez SJ (1679-1750) in European scientific journals

6 Nov 2017

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