In our new history books section, we keep track of some of the books coming out by Five Books interviewees and frequently recommended authors. We're also scanning catalogues and highlighting interesting new history books being published that come to our attention. It's impossible to cover all ...
47,52]. For example, Singhet al.designed an IR framework to support historians in their searches [52]. According to the literature, if historians investigate an entity, they first try to see it from a big picture. Then, they further search...
Authors chat March 2 Pompeii was a lively resort flourishing in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius at the height of the Roman Empire. When Vesuvius erupted in an explosion of flame and ash, the entire town would be destroyed. Some of its citizens died in the chaos, some escaped the mountain's...
As the following four books attest, this episode was not the first time that the assumed blurring of boundaries between public and private expressions of sexuality provoked public outcry. Though their studies span centuries and social movements, these authors revisit the sordid past of sex, sin, ...
Two of the books completed in 2015 were officially published a year later. The terminology in this chapter reflects the language used in the textbooks studied. 2. Casper’s article is a redacted transcript of “a virtual panel of textbook authors, college teachers, and a publisher to discuss ...
The first, by Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer (pictured), is a fine example of how discovery is often catalysed by accident: in 1925, a bottle of liquefied air exploded in the laboratory where the authors were bombarding nickel with electrons to investigate its structure. The glass tube ...
With comedians, historians, linguists, and authors contributing, this series is sure to be a hoot of a good time. Watch It Now Science & Nature Documentaries Secrets of the Neanderthals Photo Credit: Netflix More than just the butt of a joke, Neanderthals were more intelligent than previously...
That’s not to say that their social critiques were entirely wrong, or that middle class normalcy is necessarily right. But these parallel trajectories remain engrossing in themselves. They disclose a foundational libido at the base of very high-minded systems. Posted in Book Reviews, Books, ...
Corneille’s famous Le Cid (1637) similarly drew upon the conflict between love and honour presented in Las mocedades del Cid (1599?; “The Youthful Exploits of the Cid”) by Guillén de Castro y Bellvís. Although their names were suppressed and their works left largely unperformed for ...
of the Western world was produced by writers who were familiar with the Greek tradition, either directly or through the medium of Latin, who were conscious that the forms they used were mostly of Greek invention, and who took for granted in their readers some familiarity withClassical literature...