Gregory A Good
@geocosmohistory.bsky.social
I am Gregory (Greg) Good, historian of science, with an eye on technology, environment, and bigger worldviews. I write about human understanding of Earth and our near-space environment since about 1800. #histsci #histech #envhist #histgeo
A photo from a grueling hike in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The views through rain and mist and occasional wings were incredible. Vacation ends soon.
September 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A photo from a grueling hike in the White Mountains in New Hampshire. The views through rain and mist and occasional wings were incredible. Vacation ends soon.
A mountain stream on Chestnut Ridge, the western edge of the Appalachians.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A mountain stream on Chestnut Ridge, the western edge of the Appalachians.
A beautiful spring day in the Appalachians, near home.
May 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
A beautiful spring day in the Appalachians, near home.
A banner day yesterday for historians and philosophers of science interested in the geophysical sciences, their origins, and comparisons with other sciences. Thanks to Miguel Ohnesorge and Katy Duncan, who organized the day and to the Royal Institution which hosted us. Wonderful people!
May 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A banner day yesterday for historians and philosophers of science interested in the geophysical sciences, their origins, and comparisons with other sciences. Thanks to Miguel Ohnesorge and Katy Duncan, who organized the day and to the Royal Institution which hosted us. Wonderful people!
Two of my favorite experiences in the last year. Both of these views are on Chestnut Ridge, a few miles from home in West Virginia. I’m taking a few days away from the desk
December 25, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Two of my favorite experiences in the last year. Both of these views are on Chestnut Ridge, a few miles from home in West Virginia. I’m taking a few days away from the desk
The black vultures return to roost in this tree every winter
November 25, 2024 at 2:34 PM
The black vultures return to roost in this tree every winter
Camera lucida drawing by John Herschel, 1831. Photo by me, 2023. Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight.
June 10, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Camera lucida drawing by John Herschel, 1831. Photo by me, 2023. Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight.
I am laying the foundations for a writing project in #histsci and don’t want to post systematically until the right time. So here is a personal landscape photo of the Cheat River Gorge in West Virginia last week, under a thin blanket of snow, as a place holder until then
December 13, 2023 at 1:38 PM
I am laying the foundations for a writing project in #histsci and don’t want to post systematically until the right time. So here is a personal landscape photo of the Cheat River Gorge in West Virginia last week, under a thin blanket of snow, as a place holder until then
In December 2018 I visited the Archives of the KEK accelerator facility in Japan. Yoshinobu Takaiwa set up the archive. In the group shot are Dr Takaiwa, Dr. Kikutani, Dr. Nobumichi Ariga (my host), and me. In the front are Yuko Nakamura (Archivist) and Anna Watanabe (assistant Archivist)
December 4, 2023 at 2:21 AM
In December 2018 I visited the Archives of the KEK accelerator facility in Japan. Yoshinobu Takaiwa set up the archive. In the group shot are Dr Takaiwa, Dr. Kikutani, Dr. Nobumichi Ariga (my host), and me. In the front are Yuko Nakamura (Archivist) and Anna Watanabe (assistant Archivist)
Martinelli also wrote "Earthquakes, Prediction," for my 1998 volumes _Sciences of the Earth_, pp. 192-197. Here's a shot of his bibliography.
October 3, 2023 at 7:02 PM
Martinelli also wrote "Earthquakes, Prediction," for my 1998 volumes _Sciences of the Earth_, pp. 192-197. Here's a shot of his bibliography.
Puffins on Grimsy, north of Iceland
September 3, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Puffins on Grimsy, north of Iceland