Wind is everywhere and nowhere. Wind is the circulatory system of the earth, and its nervous system, too. Energy and information flow through it. It ...
Continue Reading โWhile it is responsible for todayโs abundance of flat screensโon televisions, computers, and mobile devicesโmost of us have only heard of it in the ubiquitous ...
Continue Reading โThis revealing study considers the remarkable alliance between chemistry and art from the late eighteenth century to the period immediately following the Second World War. ...
Continue Reading โThere are as many algae on Earth as stars in the universe, and they have been essential to life on our planet for eons. Algae ...
Continue Reading โJellyfish, with their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, are as fascinating and beautiful as they are frightening and dangerous. They are found in every ...
Continue Reading โThe Natural History (Latin: Naturalis Historia) is a work by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the largest single works to have survived from ...
Continue Reading โHippocrates of Kos, the Father of Western medicine, is credited with advancing the systematic study of clinical medicine, summing up the knowledge of previous schools ...
Continue Reading โPtolemy’s “Almagest” is one of the most influential scientific works in history. A masterpiece of technical exposition, it was the basic textbook of astronomy for ...
Continue Reading โSidereus Nuncius (usually Sidereal Messenger, also Starry Messenger or Sidereal Message) is a short astronomical treatise (or pamphlet) published in New Latin by Galileo Galilei ...
Continue Reading โDe revolutionibus orbium coelestium (English translation: On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) is the seminal work on the heliocentric theory of the astronomer Nicolaus ...
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