The Historical Function of Town Halls The history behind the great Victorian Town Halls of Northern...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Lawgivers in Modern Revolutions How have lawgivers featured in modern revolutions? This lecture considers...
From Machiavelli to Nietzsche: How Modern Thinkers Saw Ancient Lawgivers For many modern thinkers, the lawgiver has been important as...
Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies In the late 19th-century, astronomical research could be practical, using...