Archeology
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Robert Koldewey’s Excavations in Babylon
On September 10, 1855, famous German architect and self-trained archeologal historian Robert Johann Koldewey was born. He is best known for…
Astronomy
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Carl Sagan’s Cosmos
On November 9, 1934, American astronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, and successful author Carl Sagan was born. Carl Sagan is known for…
Biology
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Georges Cuvier and the Science of Paleontology
On August 23, 1769, French naturalist and zoologist Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier aka Georges Cuvier was born. He was a major…
Botany
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Joseph Paxton – from Gardens to Architecture
On August 3, 1803, English gardener, architect and Member of Parliament Sir Joseph Paxton was born. He is best known…
Chemistry
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Maria Skłodowska Curie – Truly an Extraordinary Woman
On November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was born, French-Polish physicist, chemist, pioneer in research of radioactivity. She was the first woman…
Computer Science
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The Birth of the Internet
On October 29, 1969, the very first message between two distant computer nodes, from the Network Measurement Center at the…
Economics
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Alexis de Tocqueville and the Democracy in America
On July 29, 1805, French political thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville was born. He is best known for his…
Geology
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Charles Walcott and the Cambrian Explosion
On August 30, 1909, American paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British…
History
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Michelangelo’s Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
On November 1, 1512, Michelangelo Buonarotti removed the scaffolding from the Sistine Chapel and revealed his famous masterpiece frescoes on…
Mathematics
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Leibniz and the Integral Calculus
On November 11, 1675, German mathematician and polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrates integral calculus for the first time to find the area…
Medical Science
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Alphonse Laveran’s Discovery and the Fight against Malaria
On November 6, 1880, while working in the military hospital in Constantine, Algeria, French military surgeon Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran discovered that…
Paleontology
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Charles Walcott and the Cambrian Explosion
On August 30, 1909, American paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British…
Philosophy
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John Duns Scotus – the Subtle Doctor
On November 8, 1308, Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian John Duns aka Duns Scotus…
Physics
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Maria Skłodowska Curie – Truly an Extraordinary Woman
On November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was born, French-Polish physicist, chemist, pioneer in research of radioactivity. She was the first woman…
Politics
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Quo usque tandem, Catilina – Cicero and the Catilinarian Conspiracy
On October 21, 63 BC, Roman philosopher, politician, and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero presented evidence to the members of the Roman…
Psychology
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Freedom within Limits – the Education Principles of Maria Montessori
On August 31, 1870, Italian physician and educator Maria Tecla Artemesia Montessori was born. She is probably best known for the…
Women in Science
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Aspasia of Miletus – Greek Philosopher
Aspasia was a female Greek philosopher of the 5th century BC. Little is known about her life, but she appears…
Zoology
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Charles Walcott and the Cambrian Explosion
On August 30, 1909, American paleontologist Charles Doolittle Walcott discovered the Burgess Shale Formation, located in the Canadian Rockies of British…
