<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Zoonomian &#187; History</title>
	<atom:link href="http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/category/history/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:29:00 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
<image>
  <link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian</link>
  <url>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/favicon1.ico</url>
  <title>Zoonomian</title>
</image>
		<item>
		<title>Monkey Brand Comes Clean</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/02/01/monkey-brand-comes-clean/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=monkey-brand-comes-clean</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/02/01/monkey-brand-comes-clean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monkey brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pumice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soap]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=12468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like any normal person, I decorate my bathroom with Victorian engravings of anthropomorphised monkeys. These ones depict the kind of half ape / half-monkey used by Benjamin Brooke and Lever Brothers to promote Monkey Brand soap, a super-popular cleaning product at the turn of the twentieth century. There&#8217;s an intriguing little strap line at the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/02/01/monkey-brand-comes-clean/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Charles Dickens&#8217;s Mudfrog Homeopathy</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/17/charles-dickenss-mudfrog-homeopathy/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=charles-dickenss-mudfrog-homeopathy</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/17/charles-dickenss-mudfrog-homeopathy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["charles dickens"homeopathy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["mudfrog papers"]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=13152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nice to see as early as 1837 Charles Dickens doing his bit to comically debunk the efficacy of infinitesimal doses in medicine.  Okay, he&#8217;s not quite talking about the bottles of total nothingness you can buy at the chemist and are an insult to reason today, but still interesting that similar ideas were an issue [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/17/charles-dickenss-mudfrog-homeopathy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Darwin&#8217;s Many Origins</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/13/darwins-many-origins/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=darwins-many-origins</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/13/darwins-many-origins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huntington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[origin of species]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=12739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Owning multiple copies of a book isn&#8217;t that unusual.   There&#8217;s that extra copy for the bath, the duplicate Christmas present you don&#8217;t have the heart to return, or maybe you&#8217;ve just made home with someone with similar interests &#8211; and library: always a good idea.  But no one has hundreds of copies of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2012/01/13/darwins-many-origins/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Century of Southern California Aerospace</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/12/15/a-century-of-southern-california-aerospace/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-century-of-southern-california-aerospace</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/12/15/a-century-of-southern-california-aerospace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nostalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["blue sky metropolis"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aerospace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[huntington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NASA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=12638</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of my favourite NASA clips shows the 1972 Apollo 17 lunar module blasting off, bringing home astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmidt &#8211; the last humans to set foot on the moon. The film is presently looping, next to an R-18 rocket engine like the one used in the ascent, at the Huntington Library&#8217;s  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/12/15/a-century-of-southern-california-aerospace/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Steven Pinker in conversation with A.C.Grayling at the Wellcome Collection</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/05/steven-pinker-in-conversation-with-a-c-grayling-at-the-wellcome-collection/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=steven-pinker-in-conversation-with-a-c-grayling-at-the-wellcome-collection</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/05/steven-pinker-in-conversation-with-a-c-grayling-at-the-wellcome-collection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sociology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.C.Grayling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steven pinker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wellcome]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=12385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m conscious the blog has a science-celeb Picture Posty feel of late; but remember: (a) there have been an unusual number of cool events in London the past couple of weeks, (b) you like this stuff , (c) someone&#8217;s got to do it. More importantly, you need to know tonight&#8217;s conversation with Anthony Grayling and [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/05/steven-pinker-in-conversation-with-a-c-grayling-at-the-wellcome-collection/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>David Attenborough &#8211; Darwin Lecture 2011, &#8216;Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/03/david-attenborough-darwin-lecture-2011-alfred-russel-wallace-and-the-birds-of-paradise/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=david-attenborough-darwin-lecture-2011-alfred-russel-wallace-and-the-birds-of-paradise</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/03/david-attenborough-darwin-lecture-2011-alfred-russel-wallace-and-the-birds-of-paradise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 05:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ornithology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alfred russel wallace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds of paradise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david attenborough]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=12259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I joined the 2011 Darwin Lecture, with Sir David Attenborough speaking on &#8216;Alfred Russel Wallace and the Birds of Paradise&#8217;,  organised and hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with the Linnean Society of London. Fresh back from a trip to Borneo &#8211; no less, the spritely 85-year-old was introduced by Professor [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/11/03/david-attenborough-darwin-lecture-2011-alfred-russel-wallace-and-the-birds-of-paradise/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Ascanio Sobrero, Nitroglycerin, and a Big Noise in a Small Village</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/10/13/ascanio-sobrero-nitroglycerin-and-a-big-noise-in-a-small-village/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ascanio-sobrero-nitroglycerin-and-a-big-noise-in-a-small-village</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/10/13/ascanio-sobrero-nitroglycerin-and-a-big-noise-in-a-small-village/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 01:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chemistry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ascanio sobrero]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cwm y glo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitro-glycerine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nitroglycerin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=11097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the birthday of the inventor of nitroglycerin: Ascanio Sobrero. Born on 12th October, 1812, the Italian chemist made the discovery while a student at Turin University, by treating glycerin with hot sulphuric and nitric acids. The industrial and military successes of  nitroglycerin are well known, particularly where it&#8217;s been used in stabilsed forms [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/10/13/ascanio-sobrero-nitroglycerin-and-a-big-noise-in-a-small-village/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Unweaving the Waterfall &#8211; Erasmus Darwin at Vauxhall Gardens</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/09/02/unweaving-the-waterfall-erasmus-darwin-at-vauxhall-gardens/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=unweaving-the-waterfall-erasmus-darwin-at-vauxhall-gardens</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/09/02/unweaving-the-waterfall-erasmus-darwin-at-vauxhall-gardens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 11:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[erasmus darwin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vauxhall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vauxhall gardens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=11036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grandson Charles and Grandfather Erasmus Darwin had at least one thing in common besides their illustrious name: they both took delight in figuring out how the world works &#8211; which isn&#8217;t to say they always followed the same interests. Charles, we know, focused on the natural world &#8211; often in great, great, detail.   Erasmus, less [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/09/02/unweaving-the-waterfall-erasmus-darwin-at-vauxhall-gardens/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Moon Hoaxing Scandal of 1835</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/07/11/herschels-animals/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=herschels-animals</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/07/11/herschels-animals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[astronomy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[great moon hoax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[herschel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john herschel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=10916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fantastic weather in Oxford yesterday meant museum visits took a back seat to a good punting session on the Cherwell (a violation of physics in its own right with me at the helm). But we did get a half hour in the Museum of the History of Science , where I snapped this papier [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/07/11/herschels-animals/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A Groovy Kind of Rock</title>
		<link>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/06/03/a-groovy-kind-of-rock/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-groovy-kind-of-rock</link>
		<comments>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/06/03/a-groovy-kind-of-rock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Jones</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[climate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[History of Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glacier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[llanberis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moraine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[north wales]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/?p=10248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Short Vacation On a winding stretch of the A5 road from North Wales to London &#8211; around Betys-y-coed and Llangollen &#8211; mountain scenery combined with the challenge of balancing speed, driver satisfaction, and passenger nausea makes the journey almost enjoyable.  On the other hand, the interminably boring alternations of dual-carriageway and roundabouts that follow [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://communicatescience.com/zoonomian/2011/06/03/a-groovy-kind-of-rock/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

