Browsing: History

One of history’s greatest downfalls is its asymmetry of acclaim, catapulting some figures into legend status while making others, even those of great cultural contribution, mere footnotes.

From Ancient Greece to quantum mechanics, or what a Chinese room and a cat have to do with infinity.

From Nautilus to the Iron Curtain, or why ‘bondi blue’ is the defining color of my curiosity.

New Yorker cartoonist Kate Beaton’s hilarious six-panel vignettes about famous literary and historical figures and events.

From coquetry to selfishness, or what the Sea of Wealth has to do with the City of Love.

From Lucretius to Einstein by way of Shakespeare, or how a long-lost Roman poem gave rise to the Renaissance.

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

What events from half a millennium ago can teach us about the globalization debate today.

A brief history of jazz piano techniques from one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time.

Insights on identity and the aberrations of authority from the most notorious psychology experiment ever conducted.