Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Industrial Revolution 1799-1890 and now into the Future As the Industrial Revolution began to transform the world with factories and urban sprawl, so science truly came of age. It was no longer just the intellectual pastime of a few … Continue reading →

André Simon (1877 –1970) was a French-born wine merchant, gourmet, and prolific writer about wine. Hugh Johnson describes him as “the charismatic leader of the English wine trade for almost all of the first half of the 20th century, and … Continue reading →

  Baruch Spinoza Baruch Spinoza née Benoît de Espinosa : 1632 -1677, plus tard, Benedict de Spinoza) était un philosophe néerlandais des Sépharades origine portugaise l’ampleur et l’importance de Spinoza n’a pas été pleinement réalisé que de nombreuses années après … Continue reading →

Baruch Spinoza 1632-1677 was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi Portuguese origin. The   breadth and importance of Spinoza’s work was not fully realized until many years after his death. Quotes:Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, … Continue reading →

Baruch Spinoza Baruch Spinoza  born Benedito de Espinosa: (1632 –1677, later Benedict de Spinoza) was a Dutch philosopher of Sephardi Portuguese origin The breadth and importance of Spinoza’s work was not fully realized until many years after his death. By laying the groundwork for … Continue reading →

Baruch Spinoza née Benoît de Espinosa : 1632 -1677, plus tard, Benedict de Spinoza) était un philosophe néerlandais ofSephardi origine portugaise l’ampleur et l’importance de Spinoza n’a pas été pleinement réalisé que de nombreuses années après sa mort. En jetant … Continue reading →

Dark  green:  “Sub-Saharan Africa” population @2007 800,million East Africa, is regarded by some geneticists as being the birthplace of the human race (the genus Homo). Stone tools are first attested around 2.6 million years ago North America imported 500,000 African slaves, … Continue reading →

Cashew Nuts and Poison Ivy The cashew seed is surrounded by a double shell containing an allergenic phenolic resin, anacardie acid, a potent skin irritant chemically related to the better-known allergenic oil urushiol which is also a toxin found in the related poison ivy. … Continue reading →

The Universe as Understood in 500 BCE The fundamental question of what the Universe is made of has occupied the minds of the greatest thinkers for thousands of years. The ancient Greeks, tireless and ingenious speculators about the Universe, turned … Continue reading →