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Gabriel Finkelstein
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Historian of science, modern Europe, and exploration. Currently working on “Scientific History,” a study of Buckle, Taine, and du Bois-Reymond. https://ucdenver.academia.edu/GabrielFinkelstein #histsci #histSTM
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · Nov 10
In case you haven’t seen this the last fifty times I’ve posted it thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-greatest...
The Greatest Unknown Intellectual of the 19th Century
Emil du Bois-Reymond proclaimed the mystery of consciousness, championed the theory of natural selection, and revolutionized the study of the nervous system. Today, he is all but forgotten.
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 2d
Chengdu, 2006
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 2d
Rewatched "Only God Forgives."
My take: culture and history are stronger than family and feelings.
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 2d
Citizens Kane: Alfred Krupp and William Randolph Hearst. They build gigantic, tasteless houses and died unloved.
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 3d
This morning
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 3d
Windy today
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 4d
Fall colors
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 5d
Tuna my neighbor caught in his home town in Mexico. The dressing is olive oil, lemon, soy, shallot, and caper.
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 6d
Magritte edition
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 8d
Pirate baby, 2010
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 8d
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"Measles and Polio Down in the Schoolyard" - Marsh Family parody of Paul Simon "Me and Julio" on RFK
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d
Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.
Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »
La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 9d
Now that there are no more jobs at all academia has finally become meritocratic
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 9d
The first paper I wrote in graduate school isn’t that bad.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Weismann on Butterflies
PDF | First research paper I wrote in graduate school. It's not as bad as I thought. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 9d
What we always order after we go for a hike
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 10d
Germany dreaming of Italy
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 15d
View of Como
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 15d
Continental Divide looks bleak
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 15d
Boreas Pass Road near Breckenridge
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 16d
Grove
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 17d
O.K., but is this outfit mandatory?
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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 18d
As we keep saying: when the humanities are in trouble, the sciences are, too; generally, at UK universities, the sciences are cross-subsidised by the arts and humanities.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Quarter of UK university physics departments at risk of closing, survey finds
Four out of five making staff cuts as physicists say findings are ‘great concern’ for UK’s leadership in important areas
www.theguardian.com
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 17d
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 17d
Also acceptable
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 17d
Why not a fez instead?
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Gabriel Finkelstein @gabrielfinkelstein.bsky.social · 17d
Lose that hat
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