Keynes, Newton and the Royal Society: the events of 1942 and 1943.

On a method of increasing contrast in microscopy.

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Balancing Newton's mind: his singular behaviour and his madness of 1692-93.

Newton grew up with a vulnerable and eccentric character besides having a low self-esteem, and he was someone who only uncommonly developed any close relationships. On review it is argued that his distrust and suspicions of others, and the fear that he might be harmed by criticism and his discoveries stolen, followed from his mother's separation from him in childhood and not, as has been claime...

Etude des lésions anatomo-pathologiques du typhus exanthématique au cours de l'épidémie de 1942-1943 en Iran

'No ordinary meeting': Robert McWhirter and the decline of radical mastectomy.

On 7 January 1948, a meeting was held at the Royal Society of Medicine in London. Its purpose was to settle a controversy. Robert McWhirter, an Edinburgh-based radiotherapist, had been invited to defend the scandalous position advocated by Geoffrey Keynes ten years previously: that radical mastectomy offered no survival advantage when compared to simple mastectomy plus local radiotherapy. The n...

Painting and Society The Formation of the Persian Painting in the 14th Century

Persian painting has usually been studied from historical point of views. But its formation is rooted in a specific social context. In this study, we will try to contextualize it and we will show that this social context has a crucial role regarding its aesthetic. Persian painting is an art of royal courts and it represents the life of princes combined with Persian epic legendes. This social co...