Alchemy Old and New - Yale University Press
Author Philip Ball on the enduring appeal of alchemy, supposedly a relic of a more superstitious, pre-scientific age.| Yale University Press
Marc James Carpenter— The American West is suffused with pioneer place-names. There are pioneer squares as gathering places, pioneer museums for children, pioneer statues looming over government buildings. Business names,... READ MORE The post The Bloody Origins of the Word “Pioneer” appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Barry Schwartz and Richard Schuldenfrei— These are all complex issues. Are the tools we typically use to address them up to the task? We think they don’t come close. The... READ MORE The post Choosing the Right Frame and Its Effects on Public Policy appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Yvonne Rainer was a founding member of Judson Dance Theater, a 1960s New York artists’ collective that championed ordinary, spare movements and spontaneity. In this Q&A, we talk with the choreographer... READ MORE The post Nevertheless: A Conversation with Yvonne Rainer appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Gabriel Said Reynolds— The eighteenth chapter of the Qur’an is named “The Cave” because it includes a story of young men who slept for hundreds of years in a cave... READ MORE The post A Dog, a Donkey, and an Ant: Animals in the Qur’an and Their Biblical Background appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Stephanie Herdrich, the Alice Pratt Brown Curator of American Painting and Drawing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,... READ MORE The post Podcast episode: John Singer Sargent and Paris appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Author Philip Ball on the enduring appeal of alchemy, supposedly a relic of a more superstitious, pre-scientific age.| Yale University Press
The following is an excerpt from Chapter Three of Philip Ball’s new book, Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science. In the book, rich... READ MORE The post An excerpt from Alchemy: An Illustrated History of Elixirs, Experiments, and the Birth of Modern Science appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
David Bentley Hart— Another way of describing my project in this book is as an attempt to affirm the principal four Mahāvākyas or “ Great Sayings” of Upaniṣadic tradition. These... READ MORE The post The Mystery of Consciousness Through the Eyes of Gods appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
Letters in Exile: Transnational Journeys of a Harlem Renaissance Writer is a compilation of the private correspondence of Claude McKay, the queer Jamaican-born Harlem Renaissance visionary. In this Q&A, editors... READ MORE The post Letters in Exile: A Conversation with Brooks E. Hefner and Gary Edward Holcomb appeared first on Yale University Press.| Yale University Press
