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A Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus who worked during the time of Virgil and Horace.

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Polish composer and pianist who is regarded as a leading musician of his era

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Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

For many centuries, smallpox devastated mankind. In modern times we do not have to worry about it thanks to the remarkable work of Edward Jenner and later developments from his endeavors. With the rapid pace of vaccine development in recent decades, the historic origins of immunization are often forgotten. Unfortunately, since the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, the threat of biological warfare and bioterrorism has reemerged. Smallpox has been identified as a possible agent of bioterrorism (1). It seems prudent to review the history of a disease known to few people i...

Karl Marx: ten things to read if you want to understand him

Karl Marx: ten things to read if you want to understand him

theconversation.com

The long history of brutal, totalitarian “Marxist” regimes around the world has left many people with the impression that Marx was an authoritarian thinker. But readers who dive into his work for the first time are often surprised to discover an Enlightenment humanist and a philosopher of emancipation, one who envisaged well-rounded human beings living rich, varied and fulfilling lives in a post-capitalist society. Marx’s writings don’t just propose a revolutionary political project; they offer a moral critique of the alienation of individuals living in capitalist societies.1. An Int...

Fermat and the greatest problem in the history of mathematics

Fermat and the greatest problem in the history of mathematics

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There was a time when mathematics flourished thanks to some passionate relationships by letter. It was in France, at the beginning of the 17th century, when the habit of challenging oneself to solve problems and numerical puzzles spread among the intellectual elite. And from those letters and challenges were born new disciplines of that science, like the theory of probabilities or infinitesimal calculus. At the heart of that intense postal exchange was Pierre de Fermat, an enthusiast who became one of the most greatest mathematicians of all time, known both for his discoveries and for a fin...

RA Fisher, statistician and geneticist extraordinary: a personal view

RA Fisher, statistician and geneticist extraordinary: a personal view

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I was among the last of RA Fisher’s students and disciples and, as a result, he had an enormous influence both on my career and on my attitudes to science and scientific research. In the summer before I started taking Fisher’s lecture courses in statistical and mathematical population genetics, I was given a reading list that included Fisher’s three outstanding books, The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection,1Statistical Methods for Research Workers, and The Design of Experiments. These formed a little light recommended reading over a summer vacation! Later in that year, I went to see Fisher in the Genetics Department about the possibility of doing research with him. I then wrote in my diary.... ‘very promising, looks as though all will be well. I hope it’s the right subject.’ Well, it undoubtedly was and has remained with me for the following 47 years, and hopefully more to come.Fisher was very supportive of the young as is evident from Joan Box’s outstanding biography of her father. He was disparaging of authority for authority’s sake, and his dismissive statements about distinguished geneticists and statisticians were a lesson in appreciating scientists for their actu...

Edward Jenner and the history of smallpox and vaccination

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RA Fisher, statistician and geneticist extraordinary: a personal view

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Queen Elizabeth I: Looking at the Virgin Queen’s Accomplishments 450 Years Later

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Queen Elizabeth I: Looking at the Virgin Queen’s Accomplishments 450 Years Later

Four hundred fifty years ago today, at age 25 and surrounded by enemies, Britain's Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne. From politics to art to religion, the world has never been the same. Famously, it was under the Tudor queen that England defeated Spain, establishing itself as a great powe...

How Historians Are Reckoning With the Former Nazi Who Launched America's Space Program

Engineering

How Historians Are Reckoning With the Former Nazi Who Launched America's Space Program

Sporting a gray double-breasted suit, slicked-back curls and a slide rule, rocket engineer Wernher von Braun cuts a suave, authoritative figure in Disney’s 1955 television special Man and the Moon. Speaking with a German accent, the then-director of development at the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile ...

The Brontës’ Secret

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The Brontës’ Secret

No body of writing has engendered more other bodies of writing than the Bible, but the Brontë corpus comes alarmingly close. “Since 1857, when Elizabeth Gaskell published her famous Life of Charlotte Brontë, hardly a year has gone by without some form of biographical material on the Brontës appea...