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Anish Kumar Giri

Anish Kumar Giri is a Dutch chess grandmaster. A chess prodigy, he completed the requirements for...

Cleopatra

Was queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and its last active ruler.

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Sergei Winogradsky

A Russian microbiologist, ecologist and soil scientist who pioneered the cycle-of-life concept.

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American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author, and science educator

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A Persian polymath, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet best known for the Rubaiyat.

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Auguste Rodin Working Methods

Auguste Rodin Working Methods

Rodin's working methods combined a passionate response to the human body, and a delight in free, spontaneous drawing and modelling, with tight control over a large productive workshop.Although his approach was in some ways radical and idiosyncratic, it was also formed by his early training, which took place in commercial studios rather than the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. This removed him from the rigid approach to the making of sculpture imposed by the French art establishment. The years that he spent in the highly organised workshop of Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1864-70) underp...

What Homer’s Iliad can tell us about worship and war

What Homer’s Iliad can tell us about worship and war

Early in the Iliad, Homer’s epic poem about the legendary Trojan War, there occurs a famous digression known as the catalogue of ships, which names all the Greek leaders and contingents who came to fight at Troy. Before unfolding this impressive muster roll, Homer makes a special, public appeal to the Muses to ensure he gets the facts right:Tell me now, Muses, who have your homes on Olympus –for you are goddesses, and ever-present, and know all things,and we hear only rumour, nor do we know anything – .These verses reflect a central claim of ep...

The History of Feminism: Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet

The History of Feminism: Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet

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Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet (September 17, 1743–March 28, 1794) is most often referred to as one of the last philosophes or as an early champion of social science. An inspired proponent of human rights, Condorcet moved from his first achievements in mathematics into public service, with the aim of applying to social and political affairs a scientific model that he termed a “social arithmetic”. Through educational and constitutional reforms, he hoped to create a liberal, rational and democratic polity. He advocated for the social utility of statist...

The Legacy of Robert Frost

The Legacy of Robert Frost

This week in 1924, a Pulitzer Prize was awarded to Robert Frost. Robert Frost is one of the most recognized American poets of the 20th century. Although he wrote in traditional forms, his language and themes, such as doom or the solitude of humans in nature or society, were very innovative for his time. He was celebrated as an important American poet during his life, winning a total of four Pulitzer Prizes. Robert Frost served as U.S. Consultant in Poetry 1958-1959.Many people consider Robert Frost a traditional poet, largely because of the New England setting of many of his poe...

Auguste Rodin Working Methods

What Homer’s Iliad can tell us about worship and war

The History of Feminism: Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis de Condorcet

The Legacy of Robert Frost

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Isaac Asimov: centenary of the great explainer

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Isaac Asimov: centenary of the great explainer

On 24 December 1968, astronaut William Anders took a photograph of Earth from the observation window of Apollo 8. The picture, now known as Earthrise, became one of the most iconic images in human history — later credited with catalysing the environmental movement. Is Earthrise a product of scien...

Medieval Art at the Smart: Mary as Vessel-Like Throne for the Christ-Child, Personification of Wisdom

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Medieval Art at the Smart: Mary as Vessel-Like Throne for the Christ-Child, Personification of Wisdom

Medieval Virgin-and-Child statues like the one owned by the Smart Museum of Art were once the most ubiquitous type of medieval devotional image. Those that have survived the vicissitudes of time are of unique interest. Just over two feet tall and made primarily of wood, this polychro...

Leo Tolstoy on Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World

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Leo Tolstoy on Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World

Shortly after turning fifty, Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828–November 10, 1910) succumbed to a profound spiritual crisis. With his greatest works behind him, he found his sense of purpose dwindling as his celebrity and public acclaim billowed, sinking into a state of deep depression and melancholi...