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	<title>Love of History &#187; Stanford University</title>
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		<title>ORBIS. Space in the Roman World</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 08:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may want to read the latest updates on ORBIS, The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World. According to the official website: &#8220;Spanning one-ninth of the earth&#8217;s circumference across three continents, the Roman Empire ruled one quarter of humanity through complex networks of political power, military domination and economic exchange. These extensive connections were sustained by premodern transportation and communication technologies that relied on energy generated by human and animal bodies, winds, and currents. Conventional maps that represent this world as it appears from space signally fail to capture the severe environmental constraints that governed the flows of people, goods and information. Cost, rather than distance, is the principal determinant of connectivity. For the first time, ORBIS allows us to express Roman communication costs in terms of both time and expense. By simulating movement along the principal routes of the Roman road network, the main navigable rivers, and hundreds of sea routes in the Mediterranean, Black Sea and coastal Atlantic, this interactive model reconstructs the duration and financial cost of travel in antiquity. Taking account of seasonal variation and accommodating a wide range of modes and means of transport, ORBIS reveals the true shape of the Roman world and provides a unique resource for our understanding of premodern history.&#8221; ORBIS If you want to read it in the leisure of your bedroom on an ipad, the creators of the website provide an informative pdf file on the upper right corner. And if the website is not enough, I am sure that Walter Scheidel and Elija Meeks (and his web team) would be happy to give you more information on the project. A job well done!]]></description>
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		<title>Who wrote Shakespeare&#8217;s plays?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate on the authorship of Shakespeare’s works has been raging for several centuries. Scholars are not closer to agreeing on any one and there is a strong possibility that there will be no conclusion in the near future. English professors took central stage in this debate&#8230; until now. An astrophysicist entered the race, hoping that he will come up with a solution through the rigorous application of statistical analysis. Peter Sturrock, a Stanford University professor, in his latest book AKA Shakespeare: A Scientific Approach to the Authorship Question is employing a Socratic method in order to assess the existing evidence. In the course of an intense Dialogue four fictional characters present their individual perspectives. In the end, Sturrock allows for the reader to come up with his/ her own conclusions. In order to find more about the author and the book read this revealing review http://news.stanford.edu/pr/2013/pr-physicist-shakespeare-plays-031813.html The book can be found here http://www.aka-shakespeare.com/book.php]]></description>
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