For the love of old books, and older science!
Channel: James Davenport
Date: 21/02/2019

A fun tradition among astronomers is trying to include the oldest citation possible in your work, especially in your PhD Thesis/dissertation/viva. I love this, as it helps keep our published history alive.

Today I asked Astronomers on Twitter to dig out their PhDs and find their oldest references - I was very impressed with what they reported!  My oldest reference was for the Carrington solar storm (1859), but other people's responses were a fascinating walk through history!

Go thank a librarian today, and read a science book!

Twitter thread for "What is your oldest citation?"
https://twitter.com/jradavenport/status/1098270382182682627

The DASCH project (very neat!)
http://dasch.rc.fas.harvard.edu/project.php

The Astrophysics Data System (ADS), your go-to place for the astronomy literature!
http://adsabs.harvard.edu

MUSIC: David Miner
https://www.youtube.com/daveminer87
https://www.twitch.tv/davidminer

VLOG GEAR:
Nikon D7500
Sigma 17-50mm f/2.8
Nikon 70-300mm AF-P VR
Takstar SGC-598

#astro #science #vlog #booktube