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A vintage document with text, "THE QUESTIONS BEFORE THE PEOPLE." It discusses explosive technology, its potential, and global impact. Tone is serious.

Book of the Week — Instituzioni Analitiche ad uso della gioventu’ italiana

Instituzioni Analitiche Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718-1799) Milan: Nella Regia-Ducal Corte, 1748 First edition QA35 A27 1748 Maria Gaetana Agnesi was the eldest in a family of at least twenty-one children. Her father, Pietro Agnesi, a wealthy silk merchant, could afford to provide her with some of the best tutors available....

16 August, 2017 / 0 Comments

Title page of a book titled "Thesaurus of English Words," with additional descriptive text about literary composition.

On Jon’s Desk: Roget’s Thesaurus of English Words, without which we wouldn’t be celebrating Thesaurus Day

Did you know January 18th is Thesaurus Day? You may be wondering how one celebrates Thesaurus Day. It’s simple. You just open a thesaurus....

18 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Vintage scientific diagram labeled 'Fig. 15' showing light rays from an eye forming two concentric rainbow arches.

Book of the Week — Opticks or, a Treatise of the Reflections…

“God in the beginning formed matter in solid, massy, hard, impenetrable, movable particles, of such sizes and figures, and with such other properties, and in such proportions to space, as most conduced to the end for which he formed them.” OPTICKS OR, A TREATISE OF THE...

03 January, 2017 / 0 Comments