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5 05, 2019

Why physics needs the humanities (Lincoln Carr, Physics World)

Humanities Watch2019-05-05T07:53:49-04:00May 5th, 2019|Academia, Arts, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, History, Literature, News, Philosophy, poetry, science, STEM|0 Comments

How physics can re-discover its kinship with the humanities.

27 03, 2019

Beneath the heavens

Humanities Watch2019-03-27T07:28:58-04:00March 27th, 2019|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Everything Else, Literature, poetry, Quotes, Technology, U.S. / Canada, Writing|0 Comments

Listening to astronomy and gazing at the stars.

12 01, 2019

Dreams of mathematics

Humanities Watch2019-01-14T10:21:29-05:00January 12th, 2019|Arts, Europe, Everything Else, mathematics, painting, Quotes, Writing|1 Comment

Dream visions of the ways art, life, and mathematics are kin.

28 11, 2018

The usefulness of literature and philosophy

Humanities Watch2018-11-28T12:12:02-05:00November 28th, 2018|Academia, education, Europe, Everything Else, History, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes|0 Comments

A Renaissance conception of the usefulness and value of the humanities, for humanity.

21 11, 2018

Virtual scholarship: the lure of the fourth dimension

Humanities Watch2018-11-21T10:00:55-05:00November 21st, 2018|Academia, Debate / dialogue, education, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Libraries, Literature, Observations, poetry, STEM, Writing|0 Comments

Learning from libraries past, present, and future.

5 09, 2018

Dreams, yesterday and today

Humanities Watch2018-09-05T14:54:25-04:00September 5th, 2018|Academia, Arts, Europe, Everything Else, Language, Libraries, Literature, Nature, Philosophy, poetry, psychology, Quotes, Religion, science, Writing|5 Comments

How dreams have affected our reasoning and reality, then and now.

22 08, 2018

Astronomy and “new philosophy”

Humanities Watch2018-08-22T08:45:28-04:00August 22nd, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, Language, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Quotes, Religion, science, Writing|0 Comments

Can scientific observation lead to greater illusion?

4 07, 2018

Capturing time in elegant space (Cameron Laux, BBC Culture)

Humanities Watch2018-07-04T11:45:32-04:00July 4th, 2018|Arts, education, Europe, History, Libraries, Literature, News, painting, Philosophy, Photography, Writing|0 Comments

The artfulness of library spaces in their effort to capture time and history.

30 05, 2018

The Tree in the Road

Humanities Watch2018-05-31T13:58:00-04:00May 30th, 2018|Economics, Everything Else, History, Language, Nature, Observations, Philosophy, science, U.S. / Canada|0 Comments

Can a tree block the path of progress?

21 02, 2018

Science, art, and modern history

Humanities Watch2018-02-23T07:56:01-05:00February 21st, 2018|Europe, Everything Else, History, Literature, Philosophy, poetry, Politics, Quotes, science, STEM, Theater, Writing|0 Comments

Whether science offers our history more hope or hopelessness.

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