Artemus Ward: His Works, Complete, including a biography

Selected Works of Thomas Sydenham, M.D., with a Short Biography

ness to see a celebrated " Dr. Robinson," who had made a special study of his disease. The patient started out from London on what was in those days a long and difficult journey. Some time afterwards Sydenham met him on his return to London; and after he had failed .to find the imaginary " Dr. Robinson." " Are you better? " enquired Sydenham. " Yes," replied the patient I am now quite well; but...

Leonhard Euler: His Life, the Man, and His Works

On the occasion of the 300th anniversary (on April 15, 2007) of Euler’s birth, an attempt is made to bring Euler’s genius to the attention of a broad segment of the educated public. The three stations of his life—Basel, St. Petersburg, and Berlin—are sketched and the principal works identified in more or less chronological order. To convey a flavor of his work and its impact on modern science, ...

Vadim Kuznetsov . Informal Biography by Eyes of His First Adviser ?

The paper is dedicated to the memory of prominent theoretical physicist and mathematician Dr. Vadim Kuznetsov who worked, in particular, in the fields of the nonlinear dynamics, separation of variables, integrability theory, special functions. It includes his short research biography, an account of the start of his research career and the list of publications.

Oliver Goldsmith. His life and works

Sergei Prokofiev’s Children’s Pieces, Op. 65: a comprehensive approach to learning about a composer and his works: biography, style, form and analysis

This article is written for the benefit of piano teachers and students, but can be of benefit to any music teacher or student. It is a case study using Prokofiev's lesser known pedagogical work for the piano, which serves as an example of information gathering to apply toward a more effective method of instruction, which requires the teacher and student to exhaustively examine both composer and...