Archeology
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Cracking the Code – Champollion and the Rosetta Stone
On July 15, 1799 in the Egyptian village of Rosetta Pierre-François Bouchard, Captain of the French expedition army on Napoleon‘s Egyptian…
Astronomy
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John Dee and his World of Science and Magic
On July 13, 1527, Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee was born.…
Biology
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Carl Linnaeus – ‘Princeps Botanicorum’, the Prince of Botany
On May 23, 1707, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus – or after his ennoblement Carl von Linné or more fashionable…
Botany
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Royal Botanist Charles Plumier
On April 20, 1646, French botanist Charles Plumier was born. He is considered one of the most important of the…
Chemistry
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John Dee and his World of Science and Magic
On July 13, 1527, Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee was born.…
Computer Science
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Deep Blue vs Gary Kasparov
On May 11, 1997, Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in the last game of the…
Economics
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Nicole Oresme – Polymath of the Late Middle Ages
On July 11, 1382, significant philosopher of the later Middle Ages Nicole Oresme passed away. As for many historic people of…
Geology
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The Mysterious Tunguska Event
On June 30, 1908, seismic stations all across Europe registered an enormously powerful shock wave, which originated from a location…
History
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Cracking the Code – Champollion and the Rosetta Stone
On July 15, 1799 in the Egyptian village of Rosetta Pierre-François Bouchard, Captain of the French expedition army on Napoleon‘s Egyptian…
Mathematics
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John Dee and his World of Science and Magic
On July 13, 1527, Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee was born.…
Medical Science
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Athanasius Kircher – A Man in Search of Universal Knowledge
On May 2nd, 1601 (or 1602), German Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher was born. He has published most notably in the fields…
Paleontology
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Mary Leakey and the Discovery of the false ‘Nutcracker Man’
On July 17, 1959, British paleoanthropologist Mary Leakey discovered the first fossil of the Paranthropus boisei at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Mary…
Philosophy
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John Dee and his World of Science and Magic
On July 13, 1527, Welsh mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occultist, navigator, imperialist and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, John Dee was born.…
Physics
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Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds – The Trinity Test
On July 16, 1945, the first detonation of a nuclear device with the code name Trinity took place in the Jornada…
Politics
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Frida Kahlo’s struggling Life and Extraordinary Art
On July 6, 1907, Mexican painter Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón was born. She is probably best known for her…
Psychology
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The Undiscovered Self – C. G. Jung and Analytical Psychology
What is the driving force behind our motivations and ambitions? Is it pure reasoning? Hardly, as famous psychiatrist Carl Gustav…
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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Libbie Hyman and her Passion for the Invertebrates
On December 6, 1888, U.S. zoologist Libbie Henrietta Hyman was born. Hyman wrote two laboratory manuals and a comprehensive six-volume…
