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Batak Dibalik Sebuah Nama1 comment

maridup wrote 1 week ago: Batak sebagai sebuah sebutan memang mengandung banyak arti dan pengartian. Untuk sebuah negara besar … more →

Tags: Batak, Batak Dibalik Sebuah Nama, ALAS, angkola, Dairi, DELI, gayo, Humbang, Karo

Flattening that Earth4 comments

gcallah wrote 1 week ago: by Gene Callahan This is a pet peeve of mine, and it just won’t go away. Today, in a nice math … more →

Tags: Science, Christopher Columbus, Copernicus

BELIEF THAT THE EARTH WAS FLAT: THE OLDEST NONSENSE TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS

chuckman2 wrote 1 month ago: JOHN CHUCKMAN   RESPONSE TO A POSTED COMMENT IN THE INDEPENDENT Belief that the earth was flat? Sor … more →

Tags: BELIEF EARTH WAS FLAT A NONSENSE IDEA, Eratosthenes, DIFFERENT IDEAS OF DISTANCE TO ASIA IN COLUMBUS'S DAY, EVEN TODAY YOU WILL FIND HUGE NUMBERS OF UNEDUCATED BEL, NO EDUCATED PEOPLE BELIEVED EARTH WAS FLAT

who-centric, not what-centric3 comments

joshuagrace wrote 1 month ago: “Trading faith in God for an assessment of evidence is a definite change of world view. My fai … more →

Tags: Circle of Hope, Spiritual Development, Copernicus, Galileo, geocentric, godcentric, losing my religion, rod white

“Why More on Morin?”

linknjoe wrote 1 month ago: I have always wondered whether we choose our destiny or does destiny choose us.   As a student of a … more →

Tags: Astrology, morin, Destiny, System, Solar Returns, Lunar Returns

The Bartimaeus Trilogy - Book Review4 comments

Nish wrote 1 month ago: My obsession with the Fantasy genre of novels shows no signs of abating. Last couple of weeks, I hav … more →

Tags: Books, Harry Potter, Young-Adult, Fantasy, Jonathan Stroud, The Bartimaeus Trilogy, djinn, Magician, The Amulet of Samarkand

The Seleucid Empire

uncudh wrote 2 months ago: Donal O’Shea has recently written an excellent book on The Poincare Conjecture, intended for a … more →

Tags: History, Seleucid, Alexander the Great, Diadochi, Hellenistic

History of Astronomy

oliolioli wrote 2 months ago: The telescope may celebrating it’s 400th anniversary this year, but astronomy is as old as hu … more →

Tags: Science, History of Astronomy, hipparchus, Galileo, Johann Kepler, Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton, Willian Hershel, Albert Einstein

Name of the Day: Ptolemy7 comments

appellationmountain wrote 2 months ago: Ever since Gretchen Mol chose this ancient appellation for her starbaby, I’ve found myself won … more →

Tags: Names for Boys, Saints, Little Ruler, Names of the Day, myths & legends, Ancient world, Rarities, Sweet P

Ancient Warfare Magazine III.25 comments

Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: Ancient Warfare III.2 “Alexander’s Funeral Games” is the (not very original) title … more →

Tags: Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Iran, ancient persia, ancient turkey, Military History, storia antica, Ancient Warfare, Antigonus

Ptolemy Wherefore art Thou Ptolemy*

Thomas wrote 3 months ago: For the ‘Year of Astronomy’ I have set myself the task of not only brushing up on my ast … more →

Tags: musings

Battle Royale

Taiki wrote 4 months ago: Which more or less describes Gundam 00 S2 23… talk about one long, drawn out fight scene … more →

Tags: anime, Gundam 00, regnant, Seravee, Cherudim, 00raiser, Gadessa, garazzo, Memento Mori

Lamia and the Slutty King of Macedonia!2 comments

hornytimetraveler wrote 4 months ago: He met her in 306 B.C. when he defeated the navy of Menelaus in a quest to take Athens away from th … more →

Tags: prostitutes, Yummy Mummy, Lamia, greek myth, serpent women, Herbert James Draper, hetairae, Rhodes, helépolis

Stop Blaming Religion for the World's Problems3 comments

Arman Rousta wrote 4 months ago: I think that we ought to stop blaming religion for the world’s problems, whose roots I believe … more →

Tags: Global Issues of Importance, God, Spirituality, Religion, quantum physics, shams-e-tabriz, Andrew Newberg, Persia, Scott Peck, lord of the rings, Rumi

Get’ em while they´re young 2 comments

alrawandi wrote 4 months ago: By Oystein Elgaroy In the midst of the Darwin festivities I would like to point out that 2009 is als … more →

Tags: astronomy, Galileo, Copernicus, Catholic Church, Science

Gravity by Chris Woodford

sethpickens wrote 4 months ago: At first glance, this 37 page hard cover looks like a children’s book. I happen to love to rea … more →

Tags: Recommended Reading, Books Seth Read in 2009, Christianity, Christian, einstein, Earth, Truth, Genesis, Aristotle

Your Venus assignment . . .

Greg Stone wrote 5 months ago: . . . should you accept it, is – observe seven weeks of Venus with a special treat February 27 … more →

Tags: 1. Astro Events, [b] February, Venus, Observe, venus phases, crescent Venus, Galileo, Copernicus

Teach the heliocentrism controversy!

Troy Britain wrote 6 months ago: The latest shirt at Evo-T’s (men’s & women’s) makes the point that “teac … more →

Tags: Religion, Creationism, intelligent design, Astronomy, Science, History of Science, Education, Copernicus, Heliocentrism, geocentrism

Discovering the Rosetta Stone

jenquest wrote 6 months ago: Something different today… Soldiers in Napoleon’s army discovered the Rosetta Stone in 1 … more →

Tags: SnapShot London, Photography, Pentax, K100D, Digital, People, British Museum, Greek, History


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