Prime numbers are only divisible by themselves and one. Robert Brook via Getty Images In the 17th century, French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne developed a method to find prime numbers: values that are only divisible by themselves and one. […]
Early this year I was alerted to the opportunity to acquire this unusual lithograph from 1865. I was surprised to find that neither the Library of Congress nor the New York Public Library, which has a large collection of digitized
October 22, 2024 by Taylor Carr-Howard Our 2023 John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship winner, Taylor Carr-Howard, provides an update from the field. As the 2023 recipient of the John R. Coleman Traveling Fellowship, I traveled to Morocco, France, and Tunisia
The intricate details of the sunken Endurance, the ship lost on Sir Ernest Shackleton’s doomed 1914 Antarctic expedition, have been revealed through 3D scans and underwater photographs. The images, taken by the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust, provide a close-up look
As the United States stood on the brink of World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recognized the urgent need for innovative military strategies to effectively confront the impending global conflict. Observing the unfolding events in Europe, he realized that
AHA member Renata Keller (Univ. of Nevada, Reno), who recently visited Washington, DC, to participate in the AHA’s Congressional Briefing on the history of US military alliances, was featured in a Nevada Today article by Jessica Lozada. “This experience encouraged
