Letter from Florence
Thoughts from the historical heart of the humanities.
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12, 2022
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12, 2022
The humanities help our health during Covid-19 (University of Exeter)
A new study surveys the instrumental role of the humanities during the pandemic.
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12, 2022
Math, logic, and the Holy Roman Emperor (Hugh Schofield, BBC News)
The science of cryptography helps unlock a secret 16th-C. exchange.
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11, 2022
Finding time and space for words, and words for time and space (Miriam Frankel and Matt Warren, BBC Future)
Studying how a language shapes perception of time and space.
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10, 2022
Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
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10, 2022
Cézanne’s way of seeing (Matthew Wilson, BBC Culture)
Cézanne's work vibrates with insights from philosophy and neurology.
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10, 2022
Bulls and bears, in stock, stars, and poetry
Bulls and bears during the South Sea Bubble of 1720.
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09, 2022
AI in the humanities (Nicholas Agar, Diplomatic Courier)
The ways AI infiltrates the humanities, and a suggested response.
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09, 2022
More STEM, fewer humanities (J.M. Thomas, The Spectator)
Rhetorical and ethical questions about the humanities, resolved by reducing them.
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08, 2022
On watching the Perseid meteor shower
Classical and medieval contemplation of the heavens.