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One of the most important events in science dates back to 1687, when Newton published the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. In this masterpiece of human thought, the famous second law of motion is laid out, which concretely and...

Clifford Geertz once quipped: “It is difficult to see what is always there. Whoever discovered water, it was not a fish.” In the same way, seeing familiar environments can prove challenging. Those of us who live our lives in a given space become...

Histories of ancient cultures often present the image of clearly recognizable peoples. Those who are centered in historical canons—Egyptians, Greeks, Romans—are often subject to the most longstanding and unyielding historical expectations. In this...