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Seb Falk

Jun 9, 20145 min read

Launch of the Digital Equatorium

I wrote this post for the Peterhouse Perne and Ward Libraries blog. It is cross-posted from there with their kind permission. 28 May saw...

Seb Falk

May 30, 20141 min read

Cambridge in 1945

I’ve just come across this fantastic propaganda film from 1945. It is a detailed picture of life in Cambridge as the second world war...

Seb Falk

Nov 28, 20136 min read

Hasok Chang and the disgruntled internalists

Regular readers beware: there are no astrolabes in this post! Instead we’ll be engaging with some hardcore historiography. Comments...

Seb Falk

Aug 2, 20135 min read

Museums and their Public

What do museums owe the public? And what should the public give museums? These questions have been on my mind recently, as I’ve been...

Seb Falk

May 29, 20133 min read

Three Faces of Derek de Solla Price

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. I recently read a fascinating article about the early years of the...

Seb Falk

Mar 19, 20134 min read

Why did Derek de Solla Price come to Cambridge?

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. In a previous post I introduced one of the main subjects of my...