Modern physical theories tell us that space is not euclidean. Yet, to most people, euclidean geometry seems most natural. Furthermore, most mathematical theories of non-euclidean geometry refer back to euclidean geometry in one way or another. For example, in differential geometry, the differential areas are almost always approximately Euclidean. Why is this? I want to suggest here a reason roo...

Perhaps the best tribute I am in a position to make to Professor McKeown, who died in June of 1988, is simply to praise this, presumably his final book. I find that easy to do because it is obviously the product of deep reading and years of pondering, but I would like to take one step more. Thomas McKeown was a philosopher and a moralist, as well as a historian, of medicine. In an age when medi...

A OCCIDENTALS, we are the heirs of Ancient Greek civilization. Given that the practice of anesthesia is considered less than 200 yr old, it seems hard to believe that the unusual idea of putting someone to sleep during a painful medical procedure was actively discussed and intricately imagined more than 25 centuries ago. Yet the Greek myths tell us of a Homeric warrior named Philoctetes who was...

In this paper, we study field extensions obtained by polynomial rings and maximal ideals in order to determine whether solutions exist to three ancient Greek construction problems: squaring the circle, doubling the cube, and trisecting an angle.

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Ancient angels as key to modern society The making of Angels in Late Antiquity: Theology and Aesthetics (ALATA)” combines texts (in Greek, Coptic, Syriac) images (chiefly ancient mosaics) research the origins Christian angels’ figures.