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Ben Gross
@bhgross144
VP for Research & Scholarship @LindaHall_org; Author of The TVs of Tomorrow-How RCA's Flat-Screen Dreams Led to the First LCDs (Chicago 2018) All tweets my own.
Mar 22, 2023 • 8 tweets • 12 min read
Earlier today, @STS_News asked about researchers studying the history of #standardization.

That reminded me that I haven't had a chance to share some of the highlights from @LindaHall_org's latest exhibition: The #Standards That Built America!

Time for a 🧵! (1/8) #histSTM #STS Curated by reference assistant David Crawford, this exhibition showcases a few of the 100,000+ industrial #standards in LHL's stacks.

Many of these standards were once part of the Engineering Societies Library & are hard to find anywhere else! (2/8)

libguides.lindahall.org/standards_spec…
Nov 10, 2019 • 17 tweets • 10 min read
So I'm still processing my thoughts about The #CurrentWar.

My immediate reaction upon leaving the theater: This film is custom-made for a crossover between @SocHistTech and History at the Movies (#HATM).

(@HerbertHistory-If this comes to pass, let me know!)

#histSTM (1/17) A few additional thoughts: The movie makes it very clear that the #CurrentWar was between Edison & Westinghouse.

Yes, Tesla is there too (more on him in a moment), but the system-builders (cf. Hughes) are front and center.

(2/17)
Apr 30, 2019 • 24 tweets • 8 min read
Next Stern points out flaws w/@IAU_org definition of "planet." He notes that the IAU is made up primarily of stellar astronomers, and their definition does not reflect expertise of planetary scientists. (Again: key themes-disciplinary divisions, challenges of forming consensus) Stern also notes that another rationale for the IAU definition of planet was limiting the number of planets for convenience. Suggests that this is a foolish rationale by pointing out what the IAU's periodic table might look like...