Difference Engine A numerical table is a tool designed to save the time and labor of those engaged in computing work. The ...

Berenice was the queen of Egypt around 200 B.C. and was deeply in love with her husband, the famous Pharaoh Ptolemy III. In those days, there were many fierce battles, but an upcoming battle ...

Shortly after Alexander’s death in Babylon, Perdiccas, Ptolemy, and Seleucus, the heirs of his empire, negotiated about where he should be buried. It was at first preferred to bury his body in ...

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins epic family drama arrives on Broadway, directed by Phylicia Rashad.

"The Eye of Heaven: Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler includes Gingerich's influential essay on crisis versus aesthetic in the Copernican revolution, a thought-provoking look at Newton's Principia as a work ...