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19th-century French astronomer, Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande, who was particularly supportive of the ladies in astronomy, was born 11 July 1832
#HistoryOfAstronomy #WomenInScience
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2018/10/09/monsieur-joseph-jerome-lefrancois-de-lalande-et-les-dames/?fbclid=IwAR2C3EIiDa4Y9cQ1jqpQiDHyY8SsDCKks5JTazaDACJpbD0_T2Y6M_wCRxI

Newtonian mathematician, Roger Cotes, was born 10 July 1682
https://thonyc.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/if-he-had-lived-we-might-have-known-something/?fbclid=IwAR0ZT4I-el_qtVpeifoKtVZ5G9ifYsjOgWMV8QooJNXDWQamtizUoBqxaUY

#OTD 10 July 1509 Jean Cauvin (John Calvin) was born. He became perhaps the second most important figure in the Protestant Reformation behind only Martin Luther. He was particularly influential in France where Calvinism spread to perhaps 1/6th-1/5th of the population.

Turns out there wasn’t a dramatic burst of biodiversity on Earth known as the Cambrian explosion. At least, that’s what Thomas Servais, a French paleontologist, and his colleagues argue in a 2023 paper. The Cambrian explosion is credited for being a period in which many animal groups sprang to life and diversified. Servais says that’s really the result of the biases of scientists. Live Science has more:
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/evolution/did-the-cambrian-explosion-really-happen
#CambrianExplosion #Paleontology #Science

Humans have been using glass for more than 4,000 years, with some of the earliest uses being for decorative glass beads and arrowheads.

And it’s still fascinating researchers.

The best way to understand glass is to understand how it’s made.

We had two glass researchers explain what about glass’ properties make it so special:
https://theconversation.com/glass-neither-a-solid-nor-a-liquid-this-common-yet-complicated-material-is-still-surprising-scientists-204667

#science #physics #glass

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