When is a mountain no longer a mountain? When it becomes a hill. Sound strange? Read on. A mountain is a large land form that stretches above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of [more…]
At last we reach the end of our little sojourn through the history of medicine. We have come a long way from drilling holes in people’s heads and whipping ourselves to drive off the plague [more…]
A great deal of medical progress in the 20th Century, you will be unsurprised to hear, was driven by warfare. In 1900 Karl Landsteiner classified blood in to three groups, O, A and B. Alfred von [more…]
From around the 1750s the process known as the industrial revolution was taking shape. This brought new innovations and technologies, but also brought new challenges. The telegraph and railways expanded communications and transport. Improved production [more…]
The Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre, known locally as the Mountain Centre, is not far from the village of Libanus as you drive up the A470 towards the town of Brecon. The drive up itself is [more…]
As we saw previously the foundations for the Renaissance were laid during the Middle Ages. The Renaissance was a process, not an event, so it is hard to pin down exactly when it started. Some [more…]
The West As mentioned previously, technology and cultures can regress over time as well as progress. The Roman Empire in the west fell, whether quickly or gradually is debateable. What isn’t is that Rome ceased [more…]
This is for those on the left of politics and others who shout that things are “just like Nazi Germany!” Are the Nazis really coming? The short answer is no. Then why is everything being [more…]
Something that many people do not realise is that cultures, technology, science and learning can go backwards as well as forwards. Just as you can have progression, you can also have regression. Although the way [more…]
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