Sailing through time

What was the state of the mathematical science of navigation at the end of the 17th century? ‘Dead reckoning, longitude, and time’ describes the different techniques of sailing—pla...

Nationalism: Past as Prologue began as a single volume being compiled by Ad Akande, a scholar from South Africa, who proposed it to me as co-author about two years ago. The origina...

This chapter suggests that it is time to take a new look at Alcaeus’ so-called ‘ship of state’ poems. Although few scholars now question that these poems should be read allegorical...

Time management is a subject that concerns everybody: Male and female; rich and poor; young and old; leaders and followers; educated and uneducated; etc.It is a challenge that has ...

An engaging, personalized look at the interplay between people and nature in the northeastern and midwestern United States, from prehistory to the present. The Northeast ...