Shells and Pebbles

Byline: Constance Sommerey

  • ‘Illegal Science’ – the case of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) and German biology education

    ‘Illegal Science’ – the case of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) and German biology education

    By Constance Sommerey “Guard your children!”[1] was a demand that echoed through multiple Prussian newspapers in 1877 (Depdolla 1939). It was uttered by a very concerned protestant minister who warned parents against the moral state of emergency at Prussian schools. The root of all evil? The incorporation of Ernst Haeckel’s evolutionism into biology classes. Five…

  • There is something about fern

    There is something about fern

    By Constance Sommerey I like fern. I like the way fern unfolds itself, its elegance and its seemingly everlasting greenness. I really never gave this character trait of mine much thought. After all, it’s just fern. Yet, two years ago, something changed.

  • Welcome!

    (English below) Beste lezers, We heten jullie van harte welkom op het nieuwe wetenschapshistorische weblog ‘Shells & Pebbles’! De eerste bijdrage is geschreven door Floris Solleveld en heet ‘Zeg het met muzen’. Onderaan kun je een reactie kwijt. Schroom niet om te reageren, Shells & Pebbles is uitdrukkelijk bedoeld als laagdrempelig platform voor het uitwisselen…