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"Some of the styles found in the book include gothic textura, round gothic, round humanistic, as well as the unusual inclusion of letters and texts from Greek and Hebrew script." https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/16th-century-pattern-book-for-scribes #Writing #Book #C16th #Images #Mauscripts

Source: https://twitter.com/PublicDomainRev/status/1664357848552206336

The origin of the phrase 'red herring'. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/562812/where-did-phrase-red-herring-originate #Words #English #Language

Source: https://twitter.com/Smart_Translate/status/1664346073865895936

"First edition of one of the most influential and popular expositions of classical liberalism ever published." https://www.raptisrarebooks.com/product/the-road-to-serfdom-friedrich-a-hayek-first-edition-signed-1944-karl-popper/ #book #economics #philosophy #bookstodon @bookstodon @philosophy

Source: https://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf/status/1664341379525255174

"Such geodynamic models could help highlight diamond-filled areas and the locations of future kimberlite eruptions...." https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a43841348/supercomputers-reveal-earth-diamond-engine/ #Earth #Science #Diamond #Mining

Source: https://twitter.com/PopMech/status/1664288400545923073

"...even state-of-the-art models still produce logical mistakes, often called hallucinations. Mitigating hallucinations is a critical step towards building aligned AGI." https://openai.com/research/improving-mathematical-reasoning-with-process-supervision #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Maths #Logic

Source: https://twitter.com/AlexKontorovich/status/1664272620370694145

"Stop funding millions to “improving teaching of maths”, when it’s the wrong subject, whilst failing to fund a fundamentally new computer-based curriculum, one to achieve computational literacy for all." https://www.conradwolfram.com/writings/game-over-for-maths-a-level #maths #education #mathematics #math #chatgpt #ai #artificialintelligence

Source: https://twitter.com/stevenstrogatz/status/1664271388650389505

Scientist of the Day - Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. https://www.lindahall.org/about/news/scientist-of-the-day/anaxagoras-of-clazomenae #History #Science #Philosophy #histodon #histodons
@histodon @histodons @philosophy

Source: https://twitter.com/bhgross144/status/1664267627345379329

Imputed genomes and haplotype-based analyses of the Picts of early #medieval #Scotland reveal fine-scale relatedness between Iron Age, early #medieval and the modern people of the #UK https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010360 #Genetics #Genomics #OpenAccess #OA #Science

"During the Late Epipalaeolithic and Early Neolithic, societies across the Levant transformed their social, cultural and economic organisation, with new forms of food production, architecture and material culture. But to what extent were regional developments connected and how, in particular, did ideas and objects flow between the most southern and northern reaches of Southwest Asia?" DOI: https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2023.67 #archaeology #history #neolithic #epipalaeolithic #iconography #culture #asia #openaccess #oa #histodon #histodons #archaeodons @histodon @histodons @archaeodons

Source: https://twitter.com/AntiquityJ/status/1664261784327290881

"Such documents provide important evidence for the level of literacy in the Roman world and offer an insight into the everyday lives of ordinary people." https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/251788 #history #rome #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/GrecianGirly/status/1664277825539670020

The #medieval origins of phrases such as “the apple of one’s eye” and “by hook or by crook”. https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/ten-phrases-middle-ages/ #history #words #languages #english @histodon @histodons @medievodons

Source: https://twitter.com/Medievalists/status/1664295169850593283

@gutterdruid Synonyms.

@gutterdruid Sorry I wasn't clearer in my original toot. What I mean by #book length is page count.

Would it be advantageous for buyers from #online bookstores to be able to search #books by length or page count? #bookstodon

"This lavishly illustrated book is the first systematic exploration of cartographic cartouches, the decorated frames that surround the title, or other text or imagery, on historic maps." https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004523838 #OpenAccess #OA #History #Map #Maps #Cartography #Book #books #histodon #histodons #bookstodon
@histodon @histodons @bookstodon

Source: https://twitter.com/MapStorms/status/1663895070720794624

"Roman conquerors tried to erase the past of this ancient Tunisian port city—but these historic sites shed light on the true glories of Carthage." https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/what-to-do-in-carthage-ruins-renovations-historic-sites #History #Rome #Carthage #Mediterranean #Travel #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons

Source: https://twitter.com/Lindsay_Powell/status/1663913791103328256

"John Stuart Mill is remembered as one of the most important and influential philosophers of the 19th century." https://www.humanprogress.org/heroes-of-progress-pt-41-john-stuart-mill/ #History #Philosophy #C19th #England #histodon #histodons @histodon @histodons @philosophy

Source: https://twitter.com/HumanProgress/status/1663685606289842176

"The Heege Manuscript which ‘pokes fun at everyone, high and low’ is among the earliest evidence of the life and work of a real minstrel". https://theguardian.com/books/2023/may/31/mad-and-offensive-texts-shed-light-on-the-role-played-by-minstrels-in-medieval-society #History #Manuscript #Medieval #histodon #histodons #medievodons @histodon @histodons @medievodons

What is AI and why are experts terrified about its future? | 60 Minutes ... https://youtu.be/OTwdrMAq-Fk #YouTube #Video #Science #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Robotics @science