Six centuries of secularism When the first ‘how-to’ books began to explain the way the world worked, they paved the way for science and secularism by William Eamon
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When the first ‘how-to’ books began to explain the way the world worked, they paved the way for science and secularism
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Esther Lederberg (December 18, 1922 – November 11, 2006) pioneered bacterial genetics, discovering lambda phage and F factor, inventing replica plating and furthered the understanding of the transfer of genes between bacteria by specialized transduction. She founded Stanford's Plasmid Reference Center. Despite groundbreaking work, she never got tenure and her discoveries are often credited to her Nobel laureate husband.
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Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery Joshua Lederberg is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg – whose name was drowned in the annals of the history of biology. And yet her work is critical to the practice of cutting-edge medicine and serves as a scaffold for modern genetic discoveries. By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer
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Great Women of Science: Dr. Esther Lederberg –The Forgotten Heroine of Genetic Discovery
Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, Dr. Esther Lederberg ...
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Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Digitized and Free to View Online
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Explore 1,100 Works of Art by Georgia O’Keeffe: They’re Digitized and Free to View Online
Lake George Reflection (circa 1921) via Wikimedia Commons What comes to mind when you think of Georgia O’Keeffe? Bleached skulls in the deser...
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52 Years Later, Agatha Christie’s Forgotten Final Book Remains Untouched By Florencia Aberastury
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52 Years Later, Agatha Christie’s Forgotten Final Book Remains Untouched
Published in 1973, Agatha Christie's final novel features the final appearance of a dynamic detective duo and has yet to be adapted.
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Happy Thanksgiving Day to those in the US! The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic
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The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic
Alice’s Restaurant. It’s now a Thanksgiving classic, and something of a tradition around here. Recorded in 1967, the 18+ minute countercultur...
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One of the World’s Oldest Calculators Was Up for Auction. Then, Scientists Rallied and Temporarily Blocked Its Sale French scholars argued that the 17th-century Pascaline should go to a public collection and stay within the country. But a Paris court may take months to make a final decision on the device’s fate by Margherita Bassi https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/one-of-the-worlds-oldest-calculators-was-up-for-auction-then-scientists-rallied-and-temporarily-blocked-its-sale-180987748/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&lctg=93133550 Origin of modern calculating machines by J. A. V. Turck at PG:
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