It’s remarkable that we know anything about antiquity. And therefore every tiny fragment of information we have is important, and we milk whatever we have for what it’s worth.
What is a state? We propose our own response as sociologists and anthropologists. But the specificity of our approach resides in its method: ethnography.
Didier Fassin in What Is a State?
The idea is that by thinking about black holes we will understand how quantum spacetime works.
Juan Maldacena in The Cool Alter-Ego of a Black Hole
The Yemeni manuscript collections constitute a unique treasure trove for large segments of the Islamic intellectual tradition—Sunni as well as Shii—much of which has not survived anywhere else in the Islamic world.
