Happy 136th Birthday, Virginia Woolf!

January 25, 2018
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Virginia Woolf is easily described as one of the greatest and most innovative writers of the English language. Woolf, born in England on January 25, 1882 was also a pioneer of feminist and experimental writing, being one of the first to ever write a novel in a stream-of-consciousness narrative voice. Her most famous works, such […]

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Last Chance to See: Advances in Science, 1586-1999

January 11, 2018
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We are like dwarfs sitting on the shoulders of giants. We see more, and things that are more distant, than they did, not because our sight is superior or because we are taller than they, but because they raise us up, and by their great stature add to ours.   Attributed to Bernard of Chartres […]

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