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Popular Science Authors
People who have written or are writing popular science books.
@bellingcat.com
Bellingcat is an independent investigative collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists brought together by a passion for open source research. Want to support our charity? bellingcat.com/donate
@hallierubenhold.bsky.social
Author of The Five, historian and a bit of TV. Story of A Murder: The Wives, The Mistress and Dr Crippen’s Crime of the Century on bookshelves March 2025. https://linktr.ee/hallierubenhold
@dremilygrossman.bsky.social
Award-winning science & maths communicator, TV personality & co-founder of Scientists for XR making STEM fun, fighting misinformation & advocating for diversity. AuDHD, she/her 2x TEDx speaker, 3x bestselling author, 4x cat lover www.emilygrossman.co.uk
@fidlerfm.bsky.social
Professor of History & Philosophy of Science (HPS) | Metascience | Improving Peer Review | Debates about statistical reform Co-director of MetaMelb - an interdisciplinary metascience lab - at the University of Melbourne pic: @replicats.bsky.social
@alejandrofabregastejeda.com
Mexican Historian & Philosopher of Biology • Postdoctoral Fellow at KU Leuven • Book Reviews Editor for the Journal for General Philosophy of Science (@jgps.bsky.social) #PhilSci #HistSci #philsky • Escribo y edito • https://www.alejandrofabregastejeda.com
@sabinaleonelli.bsky.social
Prof in Philosophy and History of Science & Technology, Technical University of Munich | scientific director Ethical Data Initiative & Public Science Lab | http://opensciencestudies.eu | President-elect ISHPSSB | loves almost all forms of life
@markrubin.bsky.social
social psychology ▪︎ metascience ▪︎ philosophy of science ▪︎ higher education Professor at Durham University, UK. He/him. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/markrubinsocialpsychresearch/ Substack: https://markrubin.substack.com/
@naomioreskes.bsky.social
Historian, Earth Scientist, Writer, Public Intellectual. Loves: Chocolate, Red Wine, Skiing. Hates: Beets
@philsci.bsky.social
Founded in 1933, the Philosophy of Science Association promotes research, teaching, and free discussion of issues in the philosophy of science from diverse standpoints.
@philscijournal.bsky.social
The official journal of the Philosophy of Science Association. Dedicated to the furthering of studies and free discussion from diverse standpoints in PhilofSci. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/philosophy-of-science/latest-issue
@thebjps.bsky.social
Latest issue: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/bjps/current BJPS Review of Books: https://www.thebsps.org/reviewofbooks/ BJPS Short Reads: https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/ Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bjps
@shothisttech.bsky.social
The Society for the History of Technology (since 1958) is dedicated to the historical study of technology, its relations with politics, economics, labor, business, the environment, public policy, science, and arts. Organizes Annual member meetings and more
@skidwayy.bsky.social
Postdoc 📖 || PhD @UofT || history of science & Islam in 19th c India || Empire & Science || history of evolutionary biology ||
@stsucl.bsky.social
Understanding the past, present and future of science and tech. Subscribe to our newsletter - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/sts-newsletter
@ufeest.bsky.social
Philosophy professor at Hannover, Germany. Interested in many things to do with integrated HPS, philosophy of experimentation, history and philosophy of psychology, HOPOS.
@simine.com
Psychology prof at UniMelb, co-director of MetaMelb (interdisciplinary metascience lab). Live (mostly) in Sydney. Study credibility of science & how to improve it. @siminevazire on Twitter
@wombatscholar.bsky.social
Critical histories of science and medicine, science studies, postcolonial endeavours. New book on modern excrementalities: Spectacles of Waste (Polity). Writing mostly on disease ecologies and planetary health now. Living on Wangal country.
@zoophilosophy.bsky.social
Scientist & Philosopher | Former zookeeper, now Lecturer at University of Southampton, specialising in animal welfare, sentience, and ethics
@amandarees.bsky.social
Historian of science working on histories of the future, the nature of human/animal relationships, and relationships between science and religion, as well as histories of the field sciences. Will witter on about SF at the drop of a warp drive. Cymraes.
@professorbopeep.bsky.social
historian of science, environment, animals at the University of Toronto. Current research: frozen mammoths and the history/future of climate change. https://www.mammothhistorylab.com/
@greggmitman.bsky.social
Historian of science, medicine, and environment. Prof at UW-Madison, LMU Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society. ERC Advanced Grant: fragmentsoftheforest.com. Chasing ecologies and power across viral divides.
@annaalexandrova.bsky.social
Philosophy of science, methodology of social sciences, wellbeing/happiness studies, evidence based policy, measurement/quantification. Professor at Cambridge HPS, Fellow of @kingscollege.bsky.social https://philpeople.org/profiles/anna-alexandrova
@hps-aaas.bsky.social
Account for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Section L - History & Philosophy of Science: https://www.aaas.org/sections/history-and-philosophy-science-l Posts by AAAS-Section L Executive Committee Member @AlisaBokulich.bsky.social
@matildecarrera.bsky.social
PhD Student in Philosophy of Science, Boston University. From Italy 🌒🌊
@miguelohn.bsky.social
History & Philosophy of Science @ University of Cambridge mohnesorgehps.com
@samaragreenwood.bsky.social
Historian and Philosopher of Science / PhD Candidate / Co-Host of The HPS Podcast / Architect / Interested in Everything University of Melbourne www.hpsunimelb.org/the-hps-podcast
@hscottfordsmand.bsky.social
Philosophy-medicine-bodies | working on messy categories in clinical enquiry @camHPS | Research fellow @ClareHall | PhD from Medical Museion (@UCPH)
@cristianlarph.bsky.social
Philosophy of Science Junior Research Fellow @ Gonville & Caius (University of Cambridge) https://philpeople.org/profiles/cristian-larroulet-philippi
@pradeu.bsky.social
CNRS Research Director, Philosophy of Science and Theoretical Biology. Works on Immunology, cancer, and microbiome. CNRS & University of Bordeaux, France.
@jackiesullivan.bsky.social
Philosopher of Neuroscience, PhD (HPS), MS (Neuro). Associate Professor, Philosophy, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western Institute for Neuroscience @UWO. Webpage: jacquelineannesullivan.com
@bookscribbler.bsky.social
History Prof @ Durham University | STS | HPS | Book: Media and the Mind: Art, Science, and Notebooks as Paper Machines (Chicago: 2023) | Current Projects: Science, Race and Statistics in the British Empire; The Enlightenment and Its Informatic Afterlives
@trichocolea.bsky.social
Working with the Sloane Herbarium @QMULsed & @NHM_London • HPS @stsucl (1980s) • Routledge (1990s) • publishing technologist • DH • bryophyte recorder, Sussex
@thehangedman.com
Boydston Chair of American Philosophy, Director, Center for Dewey Studies at SIU Carbondale. https://bsky.app/profile/deweycenter.siu.edu Dewey, Pragmatism, HPS, HOPOS, TTRPGs, Comics. Website: https://thehangedman.com/
@oscarw.bsky.social
Philosophy postdoc at the University of Iceland. PhD from HPS Cambridge. Previously Visiting Fellow at Institute Vienna Circle. Interested in philosophy of science, logic, language, and pragmatism.
@danielwilson.bsky.social
History / STS / Computational Humanities / 'Data' Working at the Alan Turing Institute in London and the Cambridge University Library. danielwilson.info 🗃️🤖🚲
@duhe.bsky.social
Do you really don’t know? (I’m a philosopher and historian of biology, interested in all things evolutionary, #genetic, or #cognitive. I find most things ridiculous.) http://www.ehudlamm.com
@rachellaudan.bsky.social
Freelance these many years after quitting academia early (history and philosophy of science and technology,From Mineralogy to Geology); then food history (Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History). www.rachellaudan.com
@rachelankeny.bsky.social
Philosopher/historian, exploring biology, biomed sci, bioethics, non-human animals, food ethics, & more. ISHPSSB past pres, Studies in HPS EIC, devoted mum, she/her. Working on Kaurna land which has never been ceded.
@rachaelbrown.bsky.social
Philosopher of Science. Director of Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences + Associate Professor at ANU and Editor-in-Chief at Biology in Philosophy. http://rachaelbrown.net
@cjcontarino.bsky.social
Investigating how we create scientific knowledge | Metascience | STS | Digital Ethics | HPSpodcast | Business owner | Photographer | Storyteller
@nicolecnelson.bsky.social
Science & Technology Studies | History of Sci/Tech/Med | Qualitative Metascience | Medical Humanities. Associate Prof at UW Madison. 🇨🇦 living in the 🇺🇸 married to a 🇩🇪.
@fabribald.bsky.social
Postdoc HPS - early modern natural philosophy (Descartes), sciences and medicine, and plant philosophy🌱💭/plant studies🌿🔬/ former MSCA Ca' Foscari/Indiana U Bloomington /Current Warburg/I Tatti fellow- Seminar EM Plant Knowledge #VegSciLif #plantstudies
@hoposjournal.bsky.social
History of philosophy of science. Link to our latest issue: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/hopos/current
@katiekendig.bsky.social
Philosophy & history of science, especially of classification• agriculture• synthetic biology• ethnobiology. Associate Professor, Michigan State University•runner•gastronaut
@aahpsss.bsky.social
Official account of the Australasian Association for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (AAHPSSS). Posts by committee members of AAHPSSS. aahpsss.net.au
@chrismanias.bsky.social
Historian of science based at King's College London, working on history of evolutionary & deep-time sciences and environmental history. Runs #PopPalaeo ( www.poppalaeo.com ) and co-leads the King's Environmental Humanities network
@rafdebont.bsky.social
Historian of science and the environment // Late adopter & cautious adventurer // Interested in 19th, 20th and 21st century natures // Author of Stations in the Field and Nature's Diplomats // https://moving-animals.nl
@alixhui.bsky.social
Historian of science, environment, sound, and silence. Raising small kids through covid. Pie hobbyist. The Johnny Appleseed of googly-eyes.
@karlgalle.bsky.social
Historian of science, mostly medieval to early modern astronomy & mathematical arts. Things German, Polish, Egyptian, or hey that looks interesting. Ex public policy + occasional tuba. Copernicus book in progress. Don't get long covid, it sucks.