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ISBN. 978-0671739164. The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a 1926 book by Will Durant, in which he profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Socrates and Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show the interconnection of their ideas and how one ...
Útgarða-Loki. [The] Giant Skrymir and Thor (c. 1891), by Louis Huard [ fr]. "I am the giant Skrymir" (1902) by Elmer Boyd Smith. In Norse mythology, Útgarða-Loki (Anglicized as Utgarda-Loki, Utgard-Loki, and Utgardsloki) is the ruler of the castle Útgarðr in Jötunheimr. He is one of the jötnar and his name means literally "Loki of the ...
A velarium ("curtain") [3] was a type of awning used in Roman times. It stretched over the whole of the cavea, the seating area in amphitheaters to protect spectators from the sun. [4] [2] Retractable awnings were relatively common throughout the Roman Empire. Though the precise details are unclear, the awning was evidently usually supported by ...
Jean-Pierre Isbouts (born 1954) is a professor in the Social Sciences PhD program of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California, [2] and an archaeologist, author, screenwriter, director, and producer of works addressing various historical periods, particularly the time period of Jesus and that of Renaissance and post-Renaissance art.
2013–2015. Preceded by. Paul M. Zorn. Succeeded by. Francis Su. Robert Luke Devaney (born 1948) is an American mathematician. He is the Feld Family Professor of Teaching Excellence at Boston University, and served as the president of the Mathematical Association of America from 2013 to 2015. His research involves dynamical systems and fractals.
Jo Marchant. Jo Marchant is a freelance journalist specializing in science and history. After gaining a BSc in genetics from Leicester University [1] and a PhD in microbiology [2] she became a science writer, and is the author of Decoding the Heavens, [3] an exploration of the history and significance of the Antikythera mechanism, The Shadow ...
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici (c. 1360 – February 1429) was an Italian banker and founder of the Medici Bank.While other members of the Medici family, such as Chiarissimo di Giambuono de' Medici, who served in the Signoria of Florence in 1401, and Salvestro de' Medici, who was implicated in the Ciompi Revolt of 1378, are of historical interest, it was Giovanni's founding of the family bank ...
Sudoku. Completely fill the 9x9 grid, using the values 1 through 9 only once in each 3x3 section of the puzzle. Put on your Sudoku hat and get ready for a challenging Sudoku puzzle!