Judging books by their covers (Anna Honer)
Science and history combine to record a forgotten history of the book.
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01, 2022
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11, 2021
Decoding Newton’s writings (James R. Voelkel, Science History Institute)
Using new scientific methods to determine the course of Newton's thinking.
16
07, 2021
Up A Tree
Feeling rooted in a time of fragmentation.
28
12, 2020
Shakespeare versus cancer (Kathy Marks, Australian Academy of the Humanities)
Applying linguistic analysis to cancer diagnosis and treatment.
14
12, 2020
Measuring gain and counting loss (Adrienne Bernhard, BBC Future)
How algebra became a calculus for life's passages, beginning in the 8th century.
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11, 2020
A healing legacy (Joel A. Klein, Huntington Library)
How the history of medieval and Early Modern medicine informs our knowledge today.
25
10, 2020
The deepest cuts in Australia (Catherine Ford, Sydney Morning Herald)
Expressing the joy and loss of humanities in Australia.
16
10, 2019
On the efforts to preserve knowledge (Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura)
An itinerary into libraries' collected knowledge, preserved from the past.
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09, 2019
History in the digital age (Ian Milligan, The Conversation)
Digital documents and data require new skills at exploring historical context.
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04, 2019
What, me worry? (Adam Kirsch, Wall Street Journal)
The reports of the death of the humanities have been an exaggeration.