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De monetis et re numaria, libri duo
The Educated Mint Master: Reiner Budel
There are men who spend a lifetime gaining experience. And there are men who learn how to put their knowledge on paper at universities. And then there are a select few who possess both, experience and university knowledge. The mint master Reiner Budel was one of them. He wrote an influential work on numismatics.
My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the expedition that first reached the boreal center 1907-1909, with a final summary of the polar controversy
The First Man to the North Pole, Part II: Fake Peak or the Heated Battle for the Cold Pole
In September 1909, two explorers returned from expeditions to the Arctic that had lasted several years. Both claimed to have been the first human to reach the North Pole. A dirty fight for fame broke out. So, who really was the first man to reach the North Pole?
Dem Nordpol am nächsten. (original English title: Nearest the Pole.) Featuring 96 illustrations based on photographic images taken by the author, as well as a colour map of the polar region covered by Peary’s expedition (1892-1906)
The First Man to the North Pole, Part I: Race to the North
Who was the first man to reach the North Pole? Not an easy question, since two men claim this honor for themselves. In this article and the next, we introduce you to their books and discuss why reaching the North Pole was such a big deal in the first place.
Historiae Mundi Libri Triginta Septem
The Brockhaus of Antiquity
In Zeiten vor Wikipedia gab es wiederholt Versuche, das Wissen einer Epoche zusammenzufassen. Die „Naturkunde“ des Plinius war für fast 1500 Jahre die Enzyklopädie schlechthin. Ein Ein-Mann-Monumentalwerk, das seinesgleichen sucht!
Four books on measurement
The Calculated Human Being According to Albrecht Dürer
Why was Albrecht Dürer so successful? For many different reasons. One of them: Dürer was a specialist in metrology and mathematics, too. He was particularly fascinated by human proportions – to that extent that he wrote four treatises on the subject.
