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Excellent article by @margaretwerth on what #dimensions mean in #mathematics and #physics. Remarkably clear given my lack of math and physics. Begins with fascinating history. Exemplary writing! https://aeon.co/essays/how-many-dimensions-are-there-and-what-do-they-do-to-reality

#introduction
Hello #ScienceMastodon!

We are from the Microscopy and Histology Core Facility at La Jolla Institute for Immunology.

We study #ImmuneSystem #pathology #CellBiology

A True and Perfect Description of the Strange and Wonderful Elephant Sent from the East-Indies, and Brought to London on Tuesday the Third of August, 1675 #EarlyModons

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990042041350203941/catalog

"Pictures of #Jesus historically have served many purposes, from symbolically presenting his power to depicting his actual likeness. But representation matters, and viewers need to understand the complicated history of the images of #Christ."

More from an art historian.

https://theconversation.com/the-long-history-of-how-jesus-came-to-resemble-a-white-european-142130

#Christianity #Christmas #Racism

He did not look like this: (Art by Raphael /Image: Collections Hallwyl Museum, CC BY-SA)

New to mastodon. Here's a video in which I showcase the changing sound of English from the 8th century to the 19th, from Beowulf to Ben Franklin's Fart Joke and John Keats

I tend to make a lot of content like this as a hobby.

Also I post about various weird questions in linguistics.

Also I translate poetry, like a lot.

@linguistics

When you think about it, it's a miracle we can express anything in writing. Speech isn't just words. It's volume, tone of voice, expression, hands, body language...All that disappears on the page. But we can put across not just meaning but feeling, all with those funny little marks. If that's not crazy, what is? Maybe we really are an intelligent species. Maybe. On a good day. If we're lucky.

#OTD in 1803, a ceremony at the Cabildo, New Orleans, finalizes the Louisiana Purchase by the USA from France. At the time, it seemed the logical thing to do as France was engulfed in multiple wars and needed the money. In hindsight of course, it looks a bit shortsighted… #histodon #histodons #history #louisiana @histodons

'The Art of Reading in the Middle Ages' was the most enjoyable #OnlineExhibition I have ever found: thank you #Europeana

https://www.europeana.eu/en/exhibitions/the-art-of-reading-in-the-middle-ages

📷 from the Smithfield Decretals, BL Royal MS 10 E IV, f.5v, https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_10_E_IV

#MedievalManuscripts #books #manuscripts #BookHistory #MiddleAges #medievodons @medievodons

'Dish', 'disc', 'disk', 'desk', 'dais', 'disco', and 'discus' all stem from one and the same word:
Ancient Greek δίσκος.

Each entered English in its own way at its own time.

They're an example of etymological doublets: coexisting words in one language that share their ancestor.