(1564-1642) THE BIRTH OF THE SCIENCE OF MECHANICS THE BIRTH OF MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS (MAY 9, 1637) GALILEO GALILEI Italian astronomer and mathematician and physicist. The father of modern mechanics and experimental physics Professor of mathematics at Padua (1592-1610). Improved the…
Monthly Archives: December 2013
A RECEIPT IN GALILEO’S HAND
(1564-1642) The father of modern mechanics and experimental physics Italian astronomer and mathematician and physicist Professor of mathematics at Padua (1592-1610) Improved the refracting telescope (1610) and was the first to use it for astronomy. THERE EXISTS ONLY FOUR KNOWN…
Sir Francis Drake’s Will
This document was made at the beginning of one of the most celebrated campaigns in English history (and perhaps his very last act before it began). On May 30, 1588, the same day that Drake signed the present document, the…
AN ORIGINAL,EXCEEDINGLY RARE MANUSCRIPT PAGE FROM ORIGIN OF SPECIES
An exceedingly rare manuscript page from Origin of Species.
Darwin’s Comparison of Man and Ape
THEORY OF EVOLUTION as stated in “DESCENT OF MAN” Darwin outlines the section headings of Chapter III (here labeled II).The draft shown here was changed so that the final printed version read: “Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man…
FREUD’S VIEWS ON THE EGO, THE ID, THE SUPER-EGO AND CONSCIOUSNESS.
Freud first discusses, to a fellow doctor, “The Id” and it’s connection to ‘sex appeal’: “…The idea of a trinity, composed of ego, nature and mother identification, is untenable? The Id includes this and other valuations in itself…” “To…
Sir Ernest Shackleton
DISCOVERER OF THE SOUTH MAGNETIC POLE RECENTLY CREDITED WITH INNOVATIVE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES DUE TO THE SURVIVAL OF 100% OF HIS CREW. HIS HUGE MANUSCRIPT MAP OF ANTARCTICA AND OF HIS HEROIC AND EPIC EXPEDITION Drawn in blue and red crayon…
OBAMA FORESEES PROBLEMS WITH OBAMACARE AND DECLARES THAT HE ISN’T A SOCIALIST
Ulysses S. Grant
THE PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL BIBLE The Annotated Paragraph Bible: containing the Old and New Testaments, according to the Authorized Version, arranged in Paragraphs and Parallelisms; with Explanatory Notes. London, 1861 Inscribed on front flyleaf by Salmon Portland Chase, Chief Justice of…