“Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”

Chelyabinsk scientists are researching the subject of the Russian dissertation culture of historians of the 19th – early 20th centuries, considering the specifics and conditions for obtaining scientific status in the context of epochs

I always found him in the hall with a book in his hand… He was then 18 years old, very handsome, very helpful, very polite, very attentive, and seemed to be of a very gentle disposition by nature…

What was the relationship between the two geniuses? What did they think about each other’s work?

Erasmus of Rotterdam, a Dutch philosopher, humanist, one of the greatest scholars of the Northern Renaissance, was born on October 28, 1469

We recall the achievements of an outstanding compatriot

Count Friedrich von Lütke, a Russian navigator, Arctic explorer, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1864–1882), founder of the Russian Geographical Society, was born on this day,  September 28, 1797

On September 19, 1648, Pascal conducted an experiment that proved the existence of atmospheric pressure

Jean Foucault, a French physicist, who created the gyroscope and Foucault pendulum, was born on September 18, 1819

Remembering the achievements of an outstanding scientist

The debate about whether the screen will be able to replace paper still continues, but history demonstrates that over time, people always move to a more convenient and advanced information carrier