Overview :In the spirit of On Bullshit and Assholes: A Theory, an economist explores the five laws that confirm our worst fears: stupid people can and... Read More
Overview :How did a time-keeping device affect the growth of crafts guilds and the scientific research that led to the Industrial Revolution? Clocks a... Read More
Overview :During the seven hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, the stage was set for Europe's transformation from a backward agrarian soci... Read More
Overview :After the great pandemic of 1348, the plague became endemic in Europe, affecting life at every level for more than three hundred years. In a... Read More
Overview :By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, ... Read More