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Ptolemy's Map of Germany Decoded

Ptolemy's Map of Germany Decoded

The Romans had better data than we thought. A team of researchers was able to correct Ptolemy's map by determining what kinds of errors crept in and then mathmatically distorting the map to account for the mistakes. h/t r/h/e

Applied Topology and Dante

Robert Ghrist sounds like my kinda guy. His area of expertise is almost completely over my head [applied topology], but he likes all things medieval, and is a fan of G. K. Chesterton. His passion in life is to apply unused mathematical discoveries to practical problems, including the coverage sensor

9-11 is the Anniversary of more than one event

9-11 is the Anniversary of more than one event

September 11th is also the date when the Turks were turned back from Vienna by Jan Sobieski in 1683. The Battle of Vienna is one of the big turning points of history, when Central Europe began to flourish because effort could be devoted to things other than preparing for and

Antibiotic Beer

Chemical analysis of the bones of ancient Sudanese Nubians who lived nearly 2000 years ago shows they were ingesting the antibiotic tetracycline on a regular basis, likely from a special brew of beer. The find is the strongest yet that antibiotics were previously discovered by humans before Alexander Fleming discovered

The World's Oldest Beer

World's 'oldest beer' found in shipwreck By Les Neuhaus, CNN // <![CDATA[// <![CDATA[ cnnAuthor = "By Les Neuhaus, CNN"; // ]]> // <![CDATA[// <![CDATA[ if(location.hostname.indexOf( 'edition.' ) > -1) {document.write('September 3, 2010 -- Updated 1033 GMT (1833

Samurai Champloo Anime Review

Samurai Champloo Anime Review

Samurai Champloo サムライチャンプルー Samurai Chanpurū Written and directed by 渡辺信一郎 Watanabe Shin'ichirō Samurai Champloo is the latest anime directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, the creator of Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Champloo is a period drama set in the Tokugawa Era, featuring two wandering swordsmen and a cute young girl

Italy Annoys Economists

Steve Sailer has a good bit on Italy today via the New York Times. Italy mystifies economists by refusing to embrace the conventional wisdom Economists said that Mr. Barbera had a point, but they also said that worrying about this issue was like fretting about the head cold of a