Before I get to anything else I wanted to post a lovely piece of art by Sonja Larson that she was good enough to send over to us last week, and which has been sitting as my desktop image as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The reports have it that von Katte faced his execution with grace and dignity, and begged Frederick not to feel himself responsible for the grim event. It’s almost too heroic and romantic to be true – but that goes for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We are going to talk PLENTY about Robert Hooke in the coming episodes, because there is a lot to say about the man and his almost mind-numbingly vast accomplishments. Most of his inventions and ideas were lost through the shoddiness […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There were two major conflicts between Newton and Hooke – over light, and over gravity. Hooke had been experimenting with light during his work with constructing better and better lenses and telescopes, and came up with a brilliant explanation for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all, I added a Hooke biography and a general Royal Society And Its Predecessors book to the science section of our Good Reads page, so swing on by! Second, if the cashing of checks is any indication, it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Oh, Hooke. His spine started to curve in adolescence, and got progressively worse. This, put together with the fact that he was Always Doing Science (or rebuilding London with Wren after the Great Fire), did not make him much for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
First of all, my other comic, The Vocate, is turning one year old this week, and to celebrate we’ve got a little episode featuring everybody’s favorite mythological character who played tug of war with a goat using his own testicles […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Now don’t all of you feel terrible for having doubted good ole Leonhard? But, as much as we would like to celebrate, it appears that we are going to have to bid a fond farewell to the old factotum as […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before talking about Jolson and Cantor, I want to direct your attention to a great and wonderful site that has just posted up a bit of a review of our own humble comic. Art Patient approaches webcomics with a thirst […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Before talking about the great and glorious silent age, I first have to pass on to you all my latest obsession in the realm of historical sketch comedy, as you and I are probably of one heart in believing that […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…