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However, one modern scholar has described the work of Hecataeus as "a curious false start to history," [10] since despite his critical spirit, he failed to liberate history from myth. Herodotus mentions Hecataeus in his Histories , on one occasion mocking him for his naive genealogy and, on another occasion, quoting Athenian complaints against ...
One of many examples from algebraic geometry in the first half of the 20th century: Severi (1946) claimed that a degree-n surface in 3-dimensional projective space has at most (n+2 3)−4 nodes, B. Segre pointed out that this was wrong; for example, for degree 6 the maximum number of nodes is 65, achieved by the Barth sextic, which is more than ...
Image credits: historymemeshq American history writer and author of Swastika Nation: Fritz Kuhn and the Rise and Fall of the German-American Bund, Arnie Bernstein, also agrees that comedy and ...
An article about the sand castle you made in 3rd grade. A 77-page essay as to why Caravan Palace is the best band in the universe. <|°_°|> A list of the times the film Foodfight! made you want to cry into your Cheerios. Me too, buddy. Another one for good measure. Some erotic fanfiction you found on the internet that you happened to like.
“A lot of the art being made (in the Medieval era) was people drawing on things from their life and experiences… that were part of popular culture,” Swarthout said in a phone call with CNN.
Preface paradox: The author of a book may be justified in believing that all their statements in the book are correct, at the same time believing that at least one of them is incorrect. Problem of evil: (Epicurean paradox) The existence of evil seems to be incompatible with the existence of an omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect God.
Concern about the textbook’s Parkland shooting discussion made its way up the ranks to Tallahassee this week by Ryan Petty, who became a school safety advocate after he lost his 14-year-old ...
The World's Foremost Historians Imagine What Might Have Been, is an anthology of twenty essays and fourteen sidebars dealing with counterfactual history. It was published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in 1999, ISBN 0-399-14576-1, and this book as well as its two sequels, What If? 2 and What Ifs? of American History, were edited by Robert Cowley.