Royal Society "Exploring our Archives" Blog

One of the joys of doing the news update for a couple of days, while Frank is away at meetings, is the things you come across by serendipity - such as this blog.

The blog is being written by 2 researchers Anna Winterbottom and Jenni Thomas as they explore the Hooke Folio. This is a book of minutes of Royal Society taken by Robert Hooke, during his time as Secretary (1677-1682). The official minutes for the Society at this time seen incomplete, and this Folio is slightly mysterious (see What is the Hooke Folio).

The blog has been in existence since Jan 2007 and many of the posts are linked to anniversaries (Royal Society and slavery - abolition of slavery), current news (hot air? - climate change) and hot science topics (malaria).

The blog can be found at http://www.scienceblogs.org.uk/archives/. You can also sign up to receive new posts or comments as an RSS feed.