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The myths and stories of the ancient Greeks are filled with androids, robots, life-prolonging treatments, and similar imaginings of technology. The...
“The premise of my book,” writes Thomas F. Gieryn, “is that place matters mightily for what people believe to be true. We can better understand...
George Washington spent a considerable amount of his time during the American Revolution deploring his soldier’s uniforms. A man who liked to design...
In 1919 a man named Ohlohr Maigi died of tuberculosis in London, in deep poverty. He had arrived over a decade before in the imperial capital bearing...
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