Francois Viète’s cryptanalysis marked a turning point in the French Wars of Religion, but his genius methods weren’t as complex as one might think.
Omar Khayyam was an interdisciplinary thinker. He was a mathematician, a philosopher, a political advisor, and a famous poet. This is his story.
Have you ever been in a moment of your life where you wished something would change, but it doesn’t? Time passes by, and nothing changes.
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In 1895, Coney Island debuted the first looping roller coaster, and it was a flop! Why were people getting broken necks?
There’s a party in the neighborhood with William Buckland, Tycho Brahe, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Stubbins Ffirth, and Pythagoras! Can you solve this logic puzzle?