Flutterings

Yup, history of science. Of course, now everyone on the web will know Who I Am...or, well...probably not. :^)

Sounds like a really cool idea re: homily. It's especially interesting because the "other side" of Priestley isn't as well told in undergrad classes, I don't think. They do the the oxygen thing as a priority dispute with Lavoisier and then sort of vaguely mention that Priestley was run out of England for supposedly fomenting anti-trinitarian rebellion and just move on. My first encounter with him was in a class taught by a UU prof ("The only thing that characterizes Unitarians is that nothing characterizes Unitarians," quoth she) who found that side of the story just as interesting, if not more so.