At the beginning of the 20th century, Einstein revolutionized the notions of space and time, first through special relativity and then, a decade later, through general relativity. Conceptual ideas underlying general relativity are explained and its physical ramifications summarized in general terms, without recourse to advanced mathematics. This theory is perhaps the most sublime creation of th...

Arguments are presented that paintings are unable to induce basic psychobiological emotions because they do not powerfully engage with spectators’ intimate associativememory systems. However, it is suggested that art installations containing properties subsumable under the classical concept of the sublime (physical grandeur, rarity, novelty, an association with beauty and with biologically sign...

le missionnaire est un voyageur particulier qui voyage pour un motif sublime: celui de la propagande du christianisme. les missionnaires ne sont pas très nombreux, mais, ils ont écrit bien de livres par lesquels nous pouvons tracer leur démarche à travers l’asie et la perse en particulier. cet article est consacré à l’étude et l’analyse de cette mission tout d’abord en asie et plus particulière...