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The ancients and their understanding of "science" and the tension with religion
There's an interesting debate about the historical evolution of science within the ancient world and the tension between "science" and "religion." Some of this stems from a big argument over Carl Sagan's understanding that religious mobs destroyed the Library of Alexandria and murdered its director Hypatia. My experiences are that it seems ( Read more... ) -
Any statistics whizzes around?
I got an A in the class in college, but I'm not sure how I would go about getting an answer to this question, or maybe it's a different kind of math ( Read more... ) -
First Clock
How did people come up with the idea of a 12 hour clock? or 24 hours in a day?
I say there has to be some logical reason. My math teacher says, "Just cause someone said so" -
Metal Questions
Okay so, I work at a Blacksmith forge and started a Twitter "Metal Facts" page. So I have to come up with metal facts that are kindda cool. While watching History Channel, which isn't always accurate... okay lets be honest, is NEVER 100% accurate, they stated the following ( Read more... )
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