Notices by Project Gutenberg (gutenberg_org@mastodon.social)

"I used to say the evening that I developed the first x-ray photograph I took of insulin in 1935 was the most exciting moment of my life. But the Saturday afternoon in late July 1969, when we realized that the insulin electron density map was interpretable, runs that moment very close."
'X Rays and the Structure of Insulin', British Medical Journal, 1971

Happy Birthday Dorothy Hodgkin!

More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Hodgkin

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1964/hodgkin/biographical/

#womeninStem

From Tablets to Papyrus: When Was Paper Invented?

The invention of paper as a medium for writing was a revolutionary breakthrough that altered the course of human culture.

by Matt Whittaker

https://www.thecollector.com/when-was-the-invention-of-paper/

#history #papyrus #paper

A crow's math skills include geometry

No other animal has shown this ability.

Nell Greenfieldboyce

https://www.npr.org/2025/04/12/nx-s1-5359438/a-crows-math-skills-include-geometry?utm_source=feedingcuriosity.com

Crow on a branch by Kawanabe Kyosai

#science #animals

Socialism vs. Capitalism: What’s the Difference?

by Viktoriya Sus

https://www.thecollector.com/socialism-vs-capitalism-what-is-difference/

#economics

Ideas ‘of pure genius’ – how astronomers have measured the Universe across history

by Terence Tao and Grant Sanderson

https://aeon.co/videos/ideas-of-pure-genius-how-astronomers-have-measured-the-universe-across-history

#astronomy #historyofscience

Dorothy Pulis Lathrop’s Illustrations For Walter de la Mare’s The Three Mulla-Mulgars

Dorothy Pulis Lathrop's sensational illustrations for Walter de la Mare's magical tale

https://flashbak.com/dorothy-pulis-lathrop-illustrations-for-walter-de-la-mare-the-three-mulla-mulgars-475195/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dorothy-pulis-lathrop-illustrations-for-walter-de-la-mare-the-three-mulla-mulgars

The Three Mulla-mulgars at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32620

#bookillustration

Why Are There So Many Folk Songs About Maypoles?

Happy May 1st!

https://wordsmarts.com/folk-song-maypole/

Books by Nathaniel Hawthorne by PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/28

#books #music

75 Years Ago, The Martian Chronicles Legitimized Science Fiction

By Sam Weller

https://lithub.com/75-years-ago-the-martian-chronicles-legitimized-science-fiction/

Ray Bradbury at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/41269

#books #literature #sciencefiction

Rachel Carson Raised the Alarm About Pesticides in Silent Spring, Changing Environmental History

The influential biologist's work helped launch the modern environmental movement.

By Lloyd Black

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/rachel-carson-pesticides-silent-spring-history

#environment #womeninStem

Today in the US is Independent Bookstore Day!

Wherever you are, show some love for your favorite indie bookstore.

https://www.indiebound.org/independent-bookstore-day

#books #bookstore

Medieval Manuscript Featuring Legends Of Merlin And King Arthur Found Languishing In Pieces In A British Library

https://allthatsinteresting.com/cambridge-suite-vulgate-du-merlin

King Arthur at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/2433

#books #science

The Only Illustrated Manuscript of Homer’s Iliad from Antiquity

https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/the-only-illustrated-manuscript-of-homers-iliad-from-antiquity.html

The Iliad at PG

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=iliad&submit_search=Search

#books #literature

Lost for 400 Years: Researcher Discover Hidden Copy of Shakespeare Sonnet

By University of Oxford

https://scitechdaily.com/lost-for-400-years-researcher-discover-hidden-copy-of-shakespeare-sonnet/

Full article by Leah S Veronese is available here:
https://academic.oup.com/res/advance-article/doi/10.1093/res/hgaf002/7997398?login=false

#books #literature #oldmanuscript

Edvard Munch Is Known as the Painter of ‘The Scream.’ His Many Haunting Portraits Show That He Was Much More Than His Masterpiece

Through 45 artworks made between the 1880s and the 1920s, a new exhibition spotlights the Norwegian artist’s sometimes divisive style of portraiture

By Sonja Anderson

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/edvard-munchs-is-known-as-the-painter-of-the-scream-his-many-haunting-portraits-show-that-he-was-much-more-than-his-masterpiece-180986388/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

#art #culture #painting

A surprising number of medieval scribes were women

New research estimates around 8,000 of those manuscripts could still exist today.

By Andrew Paul

https://www.popsci.com/science/medieval-women-book-scribes/

#books #oldmanuscript

The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades

After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone

By Ella Jeffries

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550

Rebecca Lee Crumpler at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Rebecca+Lee+Crumpler&submit_search=Search

#books #medicine #womeninscience

Joseph Conrad’s Travel Stories Weren’t Black and White

Conrad’s celebration of imperial exploration is accompanied by an acknowledgment that such feats often go hand-in-hand with oppression and exploitation.

By: H.M.A. Leow

https://daily.jstor.org/joseph-conrads-travel-stories-werent-black-and-white/

#books #literature

18th-Century Portuguese Library Has Bats That Protect the Priceless Books Housed Inside

By Eva Baron

https://mymodernmet.com/biblioteca-joanina-bats-pest-control/

The Bat, a poem by D.H. Lawrence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/60337/pg60337-images.html#BAT

#books #library

Researchers Unveil Lost Stories of Iceland’s Medieval History

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-unveil-lost-stories-of-icelands-medieval-history/

#books #history #science

If your ideal vacation would be to stay in a library/bookstore, here are some places to go!

Gladstone’s Library - Hawarden, Wales
https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/about/

Shakespeare and Company, Paris
https://www.shakespeareandcompany.com/tumbleweeding

The Literary Man – Obidos Hotel - Óbidos, Portugal
https://www.theliteraryman.pt/en/

The Open Book, Wigtown, Scotland
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/7908227?source_impression_id=p3_1743164534_P3qRhmL2yDOfsPSx

La Librairie, Paris
https://parisboutik.com/en/la-librairie-hotel-room-le-marais/

Book and Bed, Toyko, Japan
https://bookandbedtokyo.com/en/

#books