Newton's own annotated copy of Principia Mathematica.
The Cambridge papers of Sir Isaac Newton, including early drafts and Newton’s annotated copies of Principia Mathematica have been added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register. The chief attractions in the Cambridge collection are Newton’s own copies of the first edition of the Principia (1687), covered with his corrections, revisions and additions for the second edition.
via Cambridge University Library
#OTD 160 years ago, President Lincoln dedicated the cemetery at Gettysburg, and his address called on Americans to dedicate themselves “to the unfinished work” of the Union dead.
For many years, the message of the battlefield and monuments there was national "reconciliation" (at the 50th anniversary, veterans of both sides shook hands).
But the guideline to remember the dead “without praise and without censure” has been inconsistently enforced.
https://theconversation.com/gettysburg-tells-the-story-of-more-than-a-battle-the-military-park-shows-what-national-reconciliation-looked-like-for-decades-after-the-civil-war-215788 @histodons
How should opposing armies be commemorated on a battlefield? Gettysburg offers an especially interesting example of today’s debates over Confederate monuments.
The Digital Dada Library: Discover the Archive That Preserves the Original Publications of the Experimental Anti-Art Movement Online
https://www.openculture.com/2019/11/the-digital-dada-library.html
Critical theorists like Theodor Adorno may have overreached in claiming that all mass culture is mediocre, mechanized propaganda made to justify the status quo. But that doesn’t mean they were entirely wrong.
Umberto Eco’s 36 Rules for Writing Well (in English or Italian)
“Words have more power than any one can guess; it is by words that the world’s great fight, now in these civilized times, is carried on.”
On Mary Shelley's birthday, her timeless (and time-proven) manifesto for the power of writing to rewrite the world https://t.co/qOmOBqxm2h
this list of inexpensive and open-access #law school casebooks is outstanding
It's syllabus time! Did you know that my coauthors and I have put out a (free) supplement for anyone who wants to add one day on design patents to their IP class:
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3890945
We also have a full (also free) Patents book, available at: https://patentlawcasebook.com
A Florida law forbids educators to teach that racism is “inherent in the institutions of the U.S.”
Here are four ways #SB266 attempts to censor history, write modern history professors Rochelle Anne Davis and Eileen Kane. 🇺🇸✍️
Project Gutenberg
The Conversation U.S.
Open Culture (Official)
Maria Popova
giulio rospigliosi
Sarah Fackrell
Brennan Center for Justice
The Tyee