Throughout the book, you discuss symbols that ultimately ... Is there a particular symbol in the history of mathematics that significantly influenced how we think about abstract concepts?

Corey Brennan explores in his new book, “The Fasces: A History of Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol,” published by Oxford University Press. As you’d expect, there’s a lot of ...

Hankir's personal investment in this sophomore book is tangible, and helps to bring the reader along. Eyeliner is at its best when the author infuses the cultural history with her personal history ...

In her informative book Raccoons in Folklore, History and Today’s Backyards ... Even before the Revolutionary War, it was recognized as a symbol of the frontier, due in part to the popularity ...

Until last year, no biographer had bothered to give Hood a whole book to himself ... for others, a symbol of Southern courage. A former chaplain of the Army of Tennessee describing Hood after ...

Today, it stands as a museum, offering visitors a glimpse into colonial history and the early days of the American fight for liberty.Weymouth Town Hall in Weymouth, Mass., stands as a historic and ...

So, where does it stand in the history books? Here, we retrace the clenched ... the clenched fist became a symbol of opposition to fascism as World War II commenced in Europe.

We are all influenced by what we read and what we experience.' Take the greatest 20th-century book on early English history, Sir Frank Stenton's Anglo-Saxon England. Stenton's book was completed ...

using cuneiform symbols to track the flow of goods into and out of temples. The history of money itself is fascinating–and helps to explain how it works today. Some of the six books selected ...

Statistically, the most common symbol in mathematics is the equal sign, which appears in 94% of mathematical expressions. Almost 60% of statements deploy parentheses. Numbers take up only 13% of ...