Medieval History
Ibn al-Haytham?s 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton?s Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very little is known about the writer, considered by many to be the father of modern optics.
January?s Physics World features a fanciful re-imagining of the 10-year period in the life of the medieval Muslim polymath, written by Los Angeles-based science writer Jennifer Ouellette.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Lost And Found: The Secrets Of Archimedes Opens At The Walters
In 1999, the Walters Art Museum and a team of researchers began a project to read the erased texts of The Archimedes Palimpsest?the oldest surviving copy of works by the greatest mathematical genius of antiquity. Over 12 years, many techniques were employed...
- Scribbled By A Community Of Nuns ? Medieval Coptic Graffiti Adorns Walls Of 3,200 Year-old Egyptian Temple
Who says nuns don?t have any fun? A new research project led by Professor Jennifer Westerfeld, of the University of Louisville, is taking a look at a unique set of graffiti scribbled onto the walls of a 3,200 year old Egyptian temple. The temple was built...
- Father James Boyce Passes Away At Age 60
Father James Boyce, an important scholar of medieval liturgy and music, has passed away after an illness. He was 60 years old. He was the chair of the Department of Music and Art History and a professor of music at Fordham University. Father Boyce began...
- 1001 Inventions: Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World - Exhibition In London
Coffee, computers and piston engines - could we imagine a world without them? These are intricate parts of every day life for most of us and the knowledge that led to them was either invented by or passed down through the ancient Muslim world. That is...
- Postponing The End
Lots of talk about endings recently. I talked about the end of The Sopranos and the end of Charlemagne. Euromad used the end of his time in Rome to riff on the end of both The Sopranos and Veronica Mars (a show, I'll admit, I never watched). And now...
Medieval History
The ?mad? Egyptian scholar who proved Aristotle wrong
Ibn al-Haytham?s 11th-century Book of Optics, which was published exactly 1000 years ago, is often cited alongside Newton?s Principia as one of the most influential books in physics. Yet very little is known about the writer, considered by many to be the father of modern optics.
January?s Physics World features a fanciful re-imagining of the 10-year period in the life of the medieval Muslim polymath, written by Los Angeles-based science writer Jennifer Ouellette.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
- Lost And Found: The Secrets Of Archimedes Opens At The Walters
In 1999, the Walters Art Museum and a team of researchers began a project to read the erased texts of The Archimedes Palimpsest?the oldest surviving copy of works by the greatest mathematical genius of antiquity. Over 12 years, many techniques were employed...
- Scribbled By A Community Of Nuns ? Medieval Coptic Graffiti Adorns Walls Of 3,200 Year-old Egyptian Temple
Who says nuns don?t have any fun? A new research project led by Professor Jennifer Westerfeld, of the University of Louisville, is taking a look at a unique set of graffiti scribbled onto the walls of a 3,200 year old Egyptian temple. The temple was built...
- Father James Boyce Passes Away At Age 60
Father James Boyce, an important scholar of medieval liturgy and music, has passed away after an illness. He was 60 years old. He was the chair of the Department of Music and Art History and a professor of music at Fordham University. Father Boyce began...
- 1001 Inventions: Discover The Muslim Heritage In Our World - Exhibition In London
Coffee, computers and piston engines - could we imagine a world without them? These are intricate parts of every day life for most of us and the knowledge that led to them was either invented by or passed down through the ancient Muslim world. That is...
- Postponing The End
Lots of talk about endings recently. I talked about the end of The Sopranos and the end of Charlemagne. Euromad used the end of his time in Rome to riff on the end of both The Sopranos and Veronica Mars (a show, I'll admit, I never watched). And now...