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Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Isn’t Medieval—and Why That Matters
If there’s one thing everyone can seem to agree on about George R.R. Martin’s bloody behemoth of a book and television series, it’s that the setting is “medieval fantasy.” Martin’s publisher bills his...
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Newton’s Needle: On Scientific Self-Experimentation
“When I close my eyes, they begin to shine, just like the dots and lines,” wrote Czech scientist and former monk Jan Evangelista Purkyně in 1819. “It all ends with a dark rhombus with blunt corners,...
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Why 'Game of Thrones' Isn’t Medieval—and Why That Matters
Castle Black. (Photo: HBO)If there's one thing everyone can seem to agree on about George R.R. Martin's bloody behemoth of a book and television series, it’s that the setting is “medieval fantasy.”...
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Newton’s Needle: On Scientific Self-Experimentation
(Photo: The Isaac Newton Manuscripts at the National Library)“When I close my eyes, they begin to shine, just like the dots and lines,” wrote Czech scientist and former monk Jan Evangelista Purkyně in...
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