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How Emperor Augustus Silenced Rome’s Most Famous Poet

At the height of his popularity in Rome, Augustus exiled the poet Ovid to the Black Sea. There, the whimsical author produced a striking series of poems.

https://www.thecollector.com/ovid-roman-poet-exile/

Ovid at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/2868

#books #literature #poetry

How Five Points Became The Most Infamous Slum In The History Of New York City

By Ella Spitz

Located in Lower Manhattan, Five Points was a poor, overcrowded neighborhood where disease spread rapidly, rival gangs battled for control, and violent riots frequently broke out in the streets.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/five-points-new-york

#history #USHistory

How storytelling can help us grasp climate change

As glaciers melt, a writer considers what stories can do that data cannot

by Adam Loften, Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee

https://aeon.co/videos/as-glaciers-melt-a-writer-considers-what-stories-can-do-that-data-cannot?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3df5931741-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_07_29_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

More information about Vatnajökull:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatnaj%C3%B6kull

#books #literature #climate

Who were the Luddites? Their legacy ripples through politics, cultural commentary and literature

by Brian Lewis

https://theconversation.com/who-were-the-luddites-their-legacy-ripples-through-politics-cultural-commentary-and-literature-287473

Books about Luddites at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=Luddites

#books #literature #IndustrialRevolution

Can empathy levels predict whether someone goes into the physical sciences?

And is there a gendered component? Who are we kidding? Of course there is.

https://adalovelaceday.substack.com/p/ald-report-can-empathy-levels-predict?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1726784&post_id=209013209&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=14bix&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Original article (from the archives):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1041608015000904

#AdaLovelaceDay

7 People Who Saved the Most Lives in History

While tyrants may dominate public memory, there are many heroes who helped mankind and saved millions of lives.

https://www.thecollector.com/people-saved-most-lives/

Florence Nightingale

#history

8 Famous Women Writers Who Wrote Under Male Pseudonyms

Historically, female writers have faced barriers to publication and prejudicial attitudes, leading some to adopt male pseudonyms.

https://www.thecollector.com/famous-women-writers-male-pseudonyms/

6 of these writers are at PG:

https://www.gutenberg.org/

George Eliot

#books #literature

The man whose codebreaking may have helped to shorten the Second World War by two years met a grim reward: in 1952 Alan Turing was convicted simply for being gay and chemically castrated; a royal pardon came only in 2013, decades after his death

By Space Daily Editorial Team

https://spacedaily.com/m-the-man-whose-codebreaking-may-have-shortened-the-second-world-war-by-two-years-met-a-grim-reward-in-1952-alan-turing-was-convicted-simply-for-being-gay-and-chemically-castrated-a-royal-pardon-came/

More information about Alan Turing:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

#computerScience #cryptanalysis #lgbt

The world’s first influencers were French and they emerged after the Revolution

by Emma Schwak

Influencer culture is not a thing of the past, and yet the movers and shakers of post-revolutionary France are proof that writing lifestyle columns and trending is a centuries-old pursuit.

https://theconversation.com/the-worlds-first-influencers-were-french-and-they-emerged-after-the-revolution-286859?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Diversity%20in%20the%20World%20Cup%20-%203867739403&utm_content=Diversity%20in%20the%20World%20Cup%20-%203867739403+CID_8f3fa84c054f2dc99e8f6f99d1012e1e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_europe&utm_term=The%20worlds%20first%20influencers%20were%20French%20and%20they%20emerged%20after%20the%20Revolution

Books about Madame Récamier at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Madame+R%C3%A9camier

#books #literature #WomenInHistory

10 Artists That Hitler Truly Despised

Here are ten influential artists whose modernist ideas clashed with Hitler’s rigid aesthetic ideology, leading the Nazi regime to denounce their work as “degenerate.”

https://www.thecollector.com/artists-hitler-despised/

#art #history #GermanHistory

Émilie du Châtelet (1706–1749), mathematician, physicist & translator

By Marie Lebert

https://www.literaryladiesguide.com/translators-marie-lebert-contributor/emilie-du-chatelet-mathematician-physicist-translator/

Books by Émilie du Châtelet at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/56975

#books #literature #translators #WomeninStem

Up to 60% of medieval texts and 95% of manuscripts have vanished, study finds

by Dario Radley

Many stories from the Middle Ages never reached the present. A new study suggests the loss was far greater than scholars once thought. Researchers estimate that up to 60% of medieval literary works and more than 95% of the manuscripts that once carried them have disappeared over time.

https://archaeologymag.com/2026/07/medieval-texts-and-manuscripts-have-vanished/

Original article:
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/5/7/pgag207/8724046?login=false

#books #literature #old_Manuscripts

The word algebra comes from the title of a book called Al-Jabr, written around the year 820 by a Persian mathematician named Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi at the House of Wisdom in Baghdad — and the word algorithm comes from the Latinized version of his name

By Space Daily Editorial Team

https://spacedaily.com/d-the-word-algebra-comes-from-the-title-of-a-book-called-al-jabr-written-around-the-year-820-by-a-persian-mathematician-named-muhammad-ibn-musa-al-khwarizmi-at-the-house-of-wisdom-in-baghdad/

Books about Algebra at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/3914

#books #mathematics

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Straight quotes:
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Curly quotes:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/78702/pg78702-images.html

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The Declaration of Independence at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1

#ebooks #publicdomain

Guide to the classics: John Steinbeck’s East of Eden has always been controversial

by Paul Giles

https://theconversation.com/guide-to-the-classics-john-steinbecks-east-of-eden-has-always-been-controversial-283139

Books in American Literature at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/654

#books #literature

Here’s What Life Was Like in 1776 vs. Today

https://www.rd.com/article/life-in-1776-vs-today/

#history #USHistory

At a Pivotal Moment of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass Delivered a Speech That Reframed What Was at Stake if Slavery Stood

In “The Mission of the War,” America’s incomparable orator helped turn public sentiment in favor of the Union and Abraham Lincoln, beginning the process of “national regeneration”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/pivotal-moment-civil-war-frederick-douglass-delivered-speech-reframed-what-was-at-stake-slavery-stood-180988836/

#history #USHistory

We read an entire scroll — without ever opening it

PHerc. 1667, sealed since the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, has been virtually unwrapped and read from beginning to end.

https://scrollprize.org/firstscroll

More information about the Herculaneum Papyrus Scrolls project:
https://www2.cs.uky.edu/dri/herculaneum-papyrus-scrolls/

#books #literature #old_Manuscripts

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