Category Archives: history of science

EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (2)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

In the first post of this series I gave a short introduction to the town of Haarlem (NL), because although it is not very dinosaurian or otherwise palaeontological, and thus should not get a post of its own, it does … Continue reading →

Posted in FUN!!!, historical buildings etc., history of science, Mammalia, non-palaeo, raves, Travels | 3 Comments

EAVP 2016 at Haarlem’s Teylers Museum (1)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Heinrich Mallison

After all the recent photogrammetry posts it is high time to get away from “stuff that somehow has to do with dinosaurs a little bit” and finally write again about dinosaurs themselves. Which is why I now will write about … Continue reading →

Posted in "fish", Conferences, historical buildings etc., history of science, ichthyosaur, lower vertebrates, Mammal pic, Mammalia, non-palaeo, raves, Reptilia (non-archosaur), Travels | 5 Comments

Theropod Thursday 35: the original Archaeopteryx

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

The wings of Archaeopteryx just made the news again in a big way with the publication of a paper in Current Biology. It is – bah! – sadly not freely available here. The authors show that the wings of feathered … Continue reading →

Posted in Aves, Dinopics, Dinosauria, history of science, Maniraptora, MfN Berlin, Theropoda | 7 Comments

Sometimes, science breeds hate relationships

Posted on May 28, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Bob Bakker says to be “kind to colleagues, ruthless with theories”. No, I won’t stick my neck into some of the catfights currently going on, or just recently over. It’s enough that I can’t resist sending flippant or sarcastic answers … Continue reading →

Posted in history of science, rants | 11 Comments