Why it matters and what are the challenges confronting science historians A quick internet search on the discovery of helium will be dominated by results that claim that helium was discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Janssen. “While observing a solar eclipse in Guntur, India, on 18 August 1868, Janssen noted that the […]
“Milli”, a group of people interested in archives, organised a series of events for International Archives Week for a second year running. What does it aim to achieve? “I belong to River Teesta, and I belong to Mount Khangchendzonga,” said Minket Lepcha, a filmmaker and former teacher in Darjeeling, before narrating river folklore told […]
