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Searching In Science (1965)
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also...
over a year ago
To continue with my post from last week, Searching in Science was another science textbook that also issued booklets of content. These were more astronomy than manned space flight but also had some very nice illustrations.
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Miyako Festivals Of Kyoto, Japan – Illustrations From A 1920s Album of Silk Paintings
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These illustrations of Miyako Festivals are from an album of silk paintings created in the 1920s showing all different festivals held in Kyoto, Japan. Miyako (‘capital’) is an archaic name for Kyoto, which was the capital of Japan from 794 AD to 1868 AD. The pictures playson...
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Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
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This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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The Great Romantic: Who Was Catullus?
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Bertolt Brecht: 10 Facts About the Famous Playwright
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8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms
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government in central Africa.
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Real Family Photos: A Mother of Photographs Her Seven Children’s Chaotic Coming Of Age
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6 Haunted Historical Sites That Will Scare Your Socks Off
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7 Famous Impressionist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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What Are the 5 Tallest Mountains in the World?
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What Is Voguing?
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What Did Americans Eat During the Great Depression?
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Climate Activists Targeted Dinosaur Skeleton at London’s NHM
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U.S. Returns Looted Artifacts Worth $10 Million to India
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Women in the Celtic World: Everything You Should Know
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Overcoming Bias
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Queen Anne: Britain’s Tragic Queen?
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Siege of Tyre: How Alexander the Great Captured the Phoenician City
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Patterns in Humanity
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I track the historical rise of West Europe by quantitatively analyzing the birth of notable people of science, and then I put it in context with other indicators of historical development. The data together show that West Europe had developmentally surpassed the rest of the world...
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Who Was Averroes?
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Three Men Convicted of Stealing Ming Dynasty Vase
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The Louvre Seeks Donations to Buy Chardin’s Strawberries Work
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Monstrous Births: Artistically Understanding the Mystery of Birth
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Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
Hundred Rabbits
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of May. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
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5 Key Takeaways from Susan Sontag’s Famous Essay On Style
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J.S. Bach & Sons: The Composer’s Legacy and Family
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The Liberation of Dachau, the First Concentration Camp in Nazi Germany
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What Did Martin Luther Have to Say About Justification?
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Sarah Mae Flemming and the Forgotten Women of Civil Rights
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The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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The Art of Fear: What Is Italian Giallo?
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The Mystery of Morpheus
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Who is the God of Dreams?
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Beer Hall Putsch: What Was Hitler’s Failed Attempt to Seize Power?
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Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Heads to Auction
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Heimdall: Get to Know the Viking Superhero and Guardian of Asgard
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5 Paintings That Inspired Famous Filmmakers
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Is Beirut Safe? Exploring a City Shaped by Tragedy
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A Christmas to Save the Byzantine Empire
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10 Bay Area Artists That Shaped the San Francisco Art Scene
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Who Was Gertrude Stein? More Than a Poet & Collector
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Gandhi in South Africa: The Formation of the World-Famous Pacifist
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The Violent Life of the Medieval Monks
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What Were the Casta Paintings of 18th Century Mexico?
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Reforming England’s Divorce Law
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What Is the Political Structure of the Vatican?
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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A (Brief) History of Washington DC: Home to the US Presidents
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Michael Taylor on The Development of the M1 Garand and its Implications
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This week, Michael Taylor, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Albany, returns to offer an interesting argument about the longterm impact of the M1 Garand, the US army’s extremely successful World War II and Korean era battle rifle, introduced in 1936. A fantastically...
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10 Incredible Examples of European Symbolist Art
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Ancient Women, Marcus Aurelius, Economics and Resilience...
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One thing that has continually fascinated me throughout all of my research on medical practitioners, barbers and retailers in the long eighteenth century, is the extent of what historians call ‘occupational diversity’. Rather than having one occupation, people might have...
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Who Was Josiah Wedgwood? Potter, Innovator, Entrepreneurial Genius
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Why Did Ana Mendieta Use Blood in Her Works?
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Who Are Some Key Figures in Epistemology?
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Muslim Modernisers on the Silk Road
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How Did Bob Dylan Win the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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5 Famous Black Mexicans
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Liverpool Kids: Surviving Inner City Life In 1975
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Paul Trevor’s photographs of Liverpool in 1975 formed part of The Survival Programme, which featured pictures, interviews, drafts and other materials made by member of the Exit Photography Group – Nicholas Battye, Chris Steele-Perkins and Paul Trevor. Created between 1974 and...
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Do You Listen Well?
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Lessons on Listening from Plutarch
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How Did Indulgences Inspire the Protestant Reformation?
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What Are the Books of the Old Testament? Order & Overview
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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Top 10 Plays by William Shakespeare
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The Mexican Escape of European Surrealists During World War II
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Life and Land in Anglo-Saxon England
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A History of the United States Supreme Court
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Is There More to Life Than This? Beyond the Material World
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Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE): Alexander’s Achaemenid Armageddon
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