Omar Khayyam was an interdisciplinary thinker. He was a mathematician, a philosopher, a political advisor, and a famous poet. This is his story.
on the evening of November 22, 1950, arsonists broke into an empty, newly purchased home. They splashed gasoline on the walls and the floors of the 15 rooms within this house. Then they tossed a kerosene torch through the porch window setting the house ablaze. A neighbor heard the commotion and looked outside to see two men driving away in a dark sedan. Why would something like this happen in Oak Park?
Where did the word “scientist” come from?!
Laura Maria Caterina Bassi received her Ph.D. at 21 years of age. She was the first woman to earn a professorship in physics at a university. As a trailblazer for women in STEM, she was one of the first women in science to accomplish so much! Her story is truly memorable.