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history of science

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Students of the knowledge of the material world
history of science

Students of the knowledge of the material world

SCIENTIST, n. My current novel draft is set in the 1820s and there is a character with an interest in observing the world and performing experiments in order to make discoveries, and I’ve been stuck on how he might refer to himself. I was using “natural philosopher,” which is
04 Sep 2022 8 min read
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CREAM, n. We had to buy cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate) recently, and my beloved pointed out that the “cream” in cream of tartar must have an interesting etymology; it’s not the fatty part of milk, so why is it called “cream”? My first thought was that perhaps potassium
13 Mar 2022 7 min read
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