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Books: “The Abacus and the Cross”
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS In a post last December, I mentioned in passing the widely held fiction that when Christopher Columbus set off on his first voyage, many if not most Europeans thought he would sai… more →
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Review: "The Abacus and the Cross"
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wrote 1 month ago: Pope Sylvester II (Gerbert) doesn’t have time for your lack-of-science-and-math bullshit. Reme … more →
The outside of people is no clue to what is inside, by Trevor Leggett
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wrote 2 months ago: Sceptics say that in meditation you’re simply sitting there and basically you’re dreamin … more →
Enter the world of 1000 A.D., when Vikings, Moors, and barbarians battled kings and popes for the fate of Europe.
wrote 3 months ago: It is largely the fallout of the reformation and enlightenment – and in no small part the faul … more →
Top Books of 2012: History of Science
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wrote 5 months ago: Jump to another list: Environmental and Climate Change; Evolution; Historical Geology; Human Evoluti … more →
RELAX. The World Ended in 634 BCE
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wrote 5 months ago: If you are stressing because there is not a single bed-and-breakfast in Bugarach, France (purportedl … more →
The Didym of Gerbert
wrote 8 months ago: In the spring of the year 1003 A.D., Pope Sylvester II lay dying in terrible pain. The priest who at … more →
To See What Condition My Condition Was In...
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wrote 1 year ago: Could Quantum Mechanics be wrong? The philosophical status of the wavefunction — the entity that det … more →
The Succubus and Incubus Omnibus
wrote 1 year ago: As you may well know, the succubus and incubus are basically the same thing, but in different gender … more →
Meeting a New Teacher: Gerbert of Aurillac
wrote 1 year ago: The other day, I met a woman who’s doing her shadowing today. She was visiting my school, and … more →
Behold: The Cyborg Head of Stan Lee!
wrote 1 year ago: Clearly I’ve been pretty busy with this playwriting fellowship, writing and re-writing and wri … more →
The Cyborg Head of Stan Lee
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wrote 1 year ago: An outtake from my new play, True Believers. The Cyborg Head of Stan Lee is the ultimate weapon of t … more →
Books: "The Abacus and the Cross"
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wrote 1 year ago: CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS In a post last December, I mentioned in passing the widely held fiction that wh … more →
Today in History 1/6/1978 - Return of the Holy Crown of St. Stephen
wrote 2 years ago: When Stephen became King of Hungary on Christmas Day in the year 1000, Pope Sylvester II made him th … more →
The Papacy is Fascinating
wrote 2 years ago: Why is the Papacy so fascinating? First of all, it is an old institution, somewhere in the neighborh … more →
The Greenest Pope in History
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wrote 3 years ago: Is Benedict XVI a “green pope”? Some Catholics think so. Maybe even the greenest pope. T … more →
Pope cites astronomical predecessors
wrote 4 years ago: In an address prior to the recitation of the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, from ZENIT: The fa … more →
