Boston University Astronomy Professor Gerald Hawkins has a bone to pick with historians who list the seven wonders of the ancient world. It is not that they have picked the wrong wonders, ...
Stonehenge has been the subject of intense scholarly debate ever since early scientific minds began examining the ancient megalith in the early 17th century. Some, like architect Inigo Jones, believed ...
One of the most memorable illustrations of scientific wonder is Joseph Wright of Derby’s extravagantly titled painting “A Philosopher Giving That Lecture on the Orrery, in Which a Lamp is Put in Place ...