In the 1640s, a group of natural philosophers led by Robert Boyle exchanged correspondence and met informally to discuss scientific ideas. Influenced by Francis Bacon’s empirical emphasis in the “new science”, he described in his essays and his New Atlantis, they exchanged data from their various experiments and observations, and sought rational explanations. Boyle called… Continue reading November 28: The Royal Society
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November 22: Aftermath
Sixty years after the event, I can tell you exactly what I was doing during my school lunch break on November 22, 1963: I was sitting on a bench, reading Madeleine L’Engle’s The Moon by Night, and waiting for my turn at handball. The handball court was at the far end of the playground, so… Continue reading November 22: Aftermath
November 19: Gettysburg Address
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and on a cold November 19, he give a speech as part of the dedication ceremony for the cemetery holding the bodies of those who had died in one of the bloodiest battles of the war. As with many well-known historical events, the details for this… Continue reading November 19: Gettysburg Address