Thirteen years ago, I gave this TEDx talk, "Imagination and Science: Beyond Here Be Dragons," in Valencia, Spain. It is in Spanish, based on an article that Virginia Trimble and I wrote in English metode.org/issues/artic... prelude to "The Reinvention of Science." 🧪⚛️🔭 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G49...

Imaginacion y ciencia, mas alla hay dragones: Vicent J. Martinez at TEDxValencia

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At the meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, Dr. Amelia Ortiz-Gil explains the project: “A Tactile 3D Journey: from planets to the cosmic web”. Thanks to @pomarede.bsky.social 🔭⚛️🧪

A superb article on the truly remarkable Virginia Trimble, a wonderful astronomer and someone I’ve had the great privilege of collaborating with. Our latest work together was the book “The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance”. 🔭⚛️🧪 skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-re...

Virginia Trimble, Memory Keeper of Modern Astronomy

Virginia Trimble collected "shiny things" in astronomy — and her curated collections fascinated astronomers around the world.

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In the images above, near the summer solstice at 14:00 (UTC+2) in Valencia, the sunlight passing through the center of the circle at the top of the totem marks a point on the analemma. On the right, it is shown at solar noon. Below, the same configuration is shown for February 17.🔭🧪⚛️

Venus, the Moon and Jupiter just a few minutes ago…🔭⚛️🧪

Knighthood for world-leading cosmologist Professor Carlos Frenk - 🧪⚛️🔭https://www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/latest-news/2026/06/knighthood-for-world-leading-cosmologist-professor-carlos-frenk/

Knighthood for world-leading cosmologist Professor Carlos Frenk - Durham University

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#EducaciónPública “La asombrosa alegría del aprendizaje “ d @vicentjm.bsky.social lectura obligatoria en estos tiempos revueltos 👇🏻 www.levante-emv.com/opinion/2026...

La asombrosa alegría del aprendizaje

Ahora, cuando algunos partidos políticos pretenden desprestigiar esta profesión, conviene decir bien alto que los maestros y las maestras en las escuelas y los profesores y las profesoras en los insti...

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𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝙎𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄𝙜𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚, exploring how scientific thought has evolved—from invoking invisible entities to debates such as the extinction of the dinosaurs.🔭⚛️🧪🦕 🔗 full talk: www.youtube.com/live/rmAUkZt... 🌐 Explore the book here: doi.org/10.1142/q0394

The Reinvention of Science: from invoking invisible entities to the dinosaur extinction debate

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Now you can watch on YouTube the Colloquium held at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on April 7:🧪 "The Reinvention of Science: from invoking invisible entities to the dinosaur extinction debate" 🧪⚛️🔭🦕☄️🌋 www.youtube.com/live/rmAUkZt...

The Reinvention of Science: from invoking invisible entities to the dinosaur extinction debate

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My colleague Vicent Peris (@uv.es) and collaborators captured this image on April 5 of the Artemis II spacecraft about 300,000 km from Earth. Its trail appears near Antares and the globular cluster Messier 4. Taken from the AstroCamp Observatory (southern Spain). 🔭🧪⚛️ pixinsight.com/gallery/arte...

Today at the IAC: COLLOQUIUM
The Reinvention of Science: from invoking invisible entities to the dinosaur extinction debate Vicent Martínez See the live streaming of this talk today at 10:30 GMT+1 GMT+1). 🧪🔭⚛️🦕 iactalks.iac.es/talks/view/1923

One hundred years ago today, Robert Goddard launched the first modern fueled rocket beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight. Article in @theconversation.com by Michael Carrafiello theconversation.com/the-first-mo...

The first modern rocket launched 100 years ago, beginning a century of both innovations and challenges for spaceflight

From World War II to the Apollo era, the space shuttle program and today’s privately developed commercial rockets, the landscape of spaceflight has changed dramatically.

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At 13:00 (UTC+1), the sunlight that passes through the center of the circle at the top of the totem marks a point on the slab that traces an elongated figure eight over the course of the year: the analemma. The zodiac constellations, days, and months have been marked. This is a solar calendar. 🧪⚛️🔭

Quan pensem en l’origen de la vida, hi ha un gran salt entre les primeres molècules i el famòs LUCA o primer ancestre universal. Però, què passa enmig de tot això i com ho unim? ✍️ @julipereto.bsky.social i @pablocarb.bsky.social (@i2sysbio.es @uv.es @csic.es)

Les raons de per què encara costa unir les peces de l'origen de la vida

Quan pensem en l’origen de la vida, hi ha un gran salt entre les primeres molècules i el famòs LUCA o primer ancestre universal. Però, què passa enmig de tot això i com ho unim?

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“Belief vs. evidence” by Brian Alston. ‘Most individuals do not choose between belief and evidence. Instead, they continuously negotiate between them—integrating data, experience, intuition, values, and trust.’ open.substack.com/pub/briancal... 🧪🔭⚛️

Belief vs. Evidence

How humans reconcile faith, doubt, and scientific reasoning

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Review on The Reinvention of Science by Kyle Cudworth, former director Yerkes Observatory. “One does not need to be a physicist to read and benefit from the book… readers should take time to enjoy the many stories of interesting characters and the fun historical tidbits”🧪⚛️🔭 doi.org/10.56315/PSC...

The Star of Bethlehem. In Giotto’s fresco The Adoration of the Magi, the painter represents the star as a comet. Giotto was able to observe Halley’s Comet in 1301. This comet, with a period of 76 years, was alo observed in the year 12 BCE; therefore, it could not have been the star of Bethlehem🧪⚛️🔭.

Happy solstice! 🌍❄️ Today (Dec 21) at 16:03 (CET or UTC+1) winter officially begins. Shortest day of the year, but your noon shadow will be the longest. From now on, days slowly start getting longer again. Animation by NAAP labs (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) 🧪⚛️🔭#astronomy

“A century of modern cosmology” by Wendy Freedman, “These measurements have given rise to the “Hubble tension,” a persistent and intriguing discrepancy in the current rate of cosmic expansion, which continues to challenge modern understanding of cosmology” 🧪🔭⚛️Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A century of modern cosmology

Edwin Hubble’s measurement of a galaxy beyond the Milky Way led to the discovery of cosmic expansion

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“Science has always been marketed, from 18th-century coffeehouse demos of Newton’s ideas to today’s TikTok explainers” by Beth DuFault 🧪⚛️🔭. See also “Bubbles and Influencers” (Chapter 3 of The Reinvention of Sicence) @theconversation.com theconversation.com/science-has-...

Lean a @aberron.bsky.social "Avi Loeb y los científicos que se pasan al ‘lado oscuro’: cuando el enemigo de la razón duerme en casa". Hablamos del papel de los 'influencers' en ciencia en "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭 www.eldiario.es/1_c3aebe?utm...

Fascinated by the comet 3I/ATLAS and Prof Avi Loeb’s hypotheses? Watch the short film “Bow Shock” by Javier Díez. In the movie, astronomers spot an electromagnetic “bow wave”. A sudden deceleration of the wave suggests it is could be caused by an alien spacecraft. ⚛️🔭🧪 youtube.com/watch?v=fwZP...

Arco de choque (Bow Shock) English subtitles

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Dinosaurs & Astrophysics: Rethinking Science: “…when an idea is accepted as dogma by the community, it is difficult to overthrow it, regardless of whether it is true or false.” From www.vu.lt/en/news-even... 🧪🔭⚛️

Compelling account of some of the most important questions in science, both historical and contemporary, showing how understanding develops, how wrong ideas can halt progress, and how the wrong people sometimes get the credit. Sample reads @ doi.org/10.1142/q0394 🧪🔭⚛️

Scientists Vicent J. Martínez and Bernard J. T. Jones discussing the research published in their book "The Reinvention of Science: Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance." Event chaired by Sonia Antoranz Contera, Professor of Biological Physics at Oxford Univesity. 🧪⚛️🔭 youtu.be/Ue0rz2hmcZ4?...

The Reinvention of Science

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You can now see the conversation on the book: "The Reinvention of Science" held at the Instituto Cervantes (London). The same venue where the event with @irenevalmore.bsky.social about her wonderful book #Papyrus took place. See the quote from Richard Dawkins in our book.🧪⚛️🔭 youtu.be/Ue0rz2hmcZ4?...

OTD (November, the 11th), in 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe observed a supernova in the constellation of Cassiopeia. In Valencia, shepherds and lime burners were surprised to see the celestial intruder. Page of the book "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance"🧪⚛️🔭

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Los astrónomos Vicent J. Martínez y Bernard Jones conversan en el Instituto Cervantes de Londres sobre la evolución de la ciencia

El científico valenciano Vicent J. Martínez y el astrofísico británico Bernard J. T. Jones han conversado en el Instituto Cervantes de Londres sobre las investigaciones publicadas en su libro ‘La rein...

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Rainbow over the Tower of London

The conversation about the book “The Reinvention of Science” that will take place on Tuesday the 28th (18:30 UK time) will be broadcasted. Get free tickets in go.uv.es/S9LaQ1j to receive the link for streaming. More about the book, including a booktrailer www.worldscientific.com/worldscibook... 🧪🔭⚛️