Science History

How Photography (And Phrenology) Helped Make Abraham Lincoln President

all of a sudden, offered the public a chance to know the intimate character of a politician – and with ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 3 2014 - 10:37am

Science Lost One Of Its Greatest Minds In The Trenches Of Gallipoli

developed penicillin, radar, programmable computers and, of course, the Manhattan project. All these ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 10 2015 - 9:52am

The Story Of Silent Night

or not, we all wish for moments of tranquility, and we all sense in the birth of a child ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 24 2015 - 9:30am

Astrological Bloodletting- Medieval Physicians Used Star Alignments For Phlebotomy Insight

the planetary system. Both Lynn and Somer worked in Oxford, so all of the astronomical calculations ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 10 2019 - 6:30am

Science History: A Look At General Electric's Early Guest Book

What do Ivan Pavlov,  Guglielmo Marconi and Thomas Edison all have in common?  Not much, you might ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2012 - 8:17am

The Mystery Of The Newly-Discovered Einstein Manuscript: Why Did He Come Back To Lambda?

creation of new matter as the universe expanded. What he says here is key to it all: “ The conservation law ...

Article - Amir D. Aczel - Mar 4 2014 - 7:01pm

Ethnomathematics And History

walis) trying to prove, in a postmodern way, that “all cultures are equal”? True, previous generations of ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Oct 22 2008 - 10:17am

The Making Of Gray's Anatomy (The One That Isn't The TV Show)

And it all unfolds in the atmospheric milieu of Victorian London – taking you from the smart ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2008 - 12:26am

Sparks ahoy!

think of the great German electronics company Telefunken, as well as all those stations with Rundfunk in ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Mar 28 2009 - 3:40pm

Victorian Myths And Galileo's Debt To Medieval Scientists

study of science and mathematics compulsory at all Christian universities. If you'd like to read ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 2:12pm