“London Bridge is Falling Down” is Viking Verse?
Maybe. Yes, the nursery rhyme “London Bridge is Falling Down” might have come from a Viking verse. As they say on Wikipedia: “One hypothesis of …
History
Viking History in England
In “Digging Up the Rich Viking History of Britain: A massive 1,100-year-old graveyard leads to a surprising new view of the Nordic legacy in Britain” …
Recommended: Dr. Michael Fowler’s Lectures in Physics
Dr. Michael Fowler at the University of Virginia presents physics from a historical point of view. This is critical in education to seeing how concepts …
Obituary of Professor Emeritus Herbert Priestley
Some beautiful writing in this news article and in this obituary about a man with an interesting and productive life. In an article in Knox …
Improving Physics Education: Wisdom From 1969 That is Still Relevant
In “High School and College Physics: Can We Match Impedances?” (Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 6 : No. 3 , Article 5), Dr. Herbert Priestley …
Trundholm Sun Chariot
“The Trundholm sun chariot pulled by a horse is a sculpture believed to be illustrating an important part of Nordic Bronze Age mythology. The sculpture …
Don Edwards: Classic Country Americana
On the Don Edwards website, they say: Don Edwards is a songster, historian, author, songwriter, musicologist, actor, accomplished guitarist with a Santa Cruz signature guitar, …
Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard
Fire-Hunter by Jim Kjelgaard is a good book about a man and a woman in prehistoric times who get kicked out of their hunter-gatherer tribe …
Aristotle on Inquiry
“Aristotle was able to accomplish what he did in biology because he had given a great deal of thought to the nature of scientific inquiry. …