THE MYSTERY OF «OLEH TOMB»: KYIV OR LADOGA?

Vyacheslav Boyko Kyiv 2002

Boyko Kyiv 2000

Burglarizing Nietzsche’s Tomb

This essay analyzes the connection between Nietzsche’s philosophy and contemporary transhumanism, on the basis of his Apollonian-Dionysian dichotomy and how it articulated in lateRomantic European culture. Nietzsche’s personal insanity, and the morbidity of the Romantic Movement in general, can serve as a warning of what transhumanism might become if it overemphasizes individualism. Nietzsche’s...

Modeling wind-driven circulation in Lake Ladoga

The goal of this paper is to present circulation patterns in Lake Ladoga occurring during episodes of strong wind. Hydrodynamics of episodic events are studied with a three-dimensional barotropic numerical model. Model results are presented for a variety of wind directions and, therefore, can be used for analysis of various biogeochemical data. As an illustration, an analysis of sediment distri...

Design for a Tomb

A design for a tomb does not ordinarily interest anyone but the designer and his client. There is, however, in the Museum Print Department a sixteenth-century tomb drawing of more than ordinary interest, since it presents a puzzle as rich in clues as a detective story. Once folded in half and bound in a scrapbook with the shop drawings of an unidentified atelier, this drawing shows an elaborate...