Search
Search results
Displaying 411 - 420
Harvey Cox
Name at birth: Harvey Gallagher Cox, Jr.Harvey Cox's 1965 book, The Secular City, was a surprise international bestseller and a conversation starter for scholars and laypeople alike. Human attention…Raël
Name at birth: Claude VorilhonRaël is the founder of the Raëlian Movement, an "atheistic religion" which he created in 1973. Formerly a race car driver and racing journalist named Claude Vorilhon,…Vernor Vinge
Science fiction author Vernor Vinge has won Hugo awards for his novels A Fire Upon the Deep (1992), A Deepness in the Sky (1996) and Rainbows End (2006). A published story writer since the 1960s,…The Turk
A chess-playing automaton -- that is, robotic machine -- the Turk was a sensation in Europe in the 1770s. The Turk was a wooden cabinet on wheels, atop which sat a chessboard and a life-sized wooden…The Journals of Lewis & Clark: March 24, 1806
by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark March 23, 1806March 25, 1806March 24, 1806 Monday March 24th 1806. This morning we sent out a party of 15, at light, for the meat, and concluded…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Note on the Witch of Atlas, by Mrs. Shelley
by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Witch of AtlasNote on the Witch of Atlas, by Mrs. Shelley We spent the summer of 1820 at the Baths of San Giuliano, four miles from Pisa. These baths were of…Brewer's: Clean and Unclean Animals
Pythagoras taught the doctrine of the transmigration of the soul, but that it never entered into those animals which it is lawful to eat. Hence those animals which were lawful food for man…H1N1 (Swine Flu) Overview
Information about the virus, precautions to take, and educational activities for your children if their schools are closed In April 2009, an outbreak of H1N1 (swine flu) broke…May 2009 Current Events: Business/Science News
U.S. News | World News Here are the key events in business and science news for the month of May 2009. FDA Warns of Danger of Diet Drug Hydroxycut, Suggests Stopping Use (May 1): The Food and…The Mother Lobe of Genius
The fossil skull of a 260-million-year-old sheep-sized animal was found near Williston on the Northern Cape, South Africa. It is the most primitive member yet discovered of a group of plant-eaters…Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
