Tìm hiểu y học hien 1 Thỉnh thoảng có những trẻ em nhắc đến kiếp trước của mình từng là một người sống ở một nơi chốn khác. Đa số các bác sĩ sẽ coi chuyện này như sản phẩm của trí tưởng tượng của trẻ con và không làm gì cả. Và thật vậy đa số lúc lớn lên chừng trên dưới 10 tuổi các em sẽ quên những...
Few scientific disagreements lead to public controversy. But there are times when the subject or the participants in a debate so capture the public imagination that otherwise dry, technical matters of discord among researchers erupt into the media, eliciting a wide array of opinions from experts and non-experts. Getting the public interested is good for science if it leads to deeper thinking about things that are of importance to understanding...
This week sees the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt. Leon Botstein, President of Bard College and music director and principal conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra, explores what we can still learn from the life and music of Liszt. Marking anniversaries of the birth and death of historic figures, particularly in music, is somewhat akin to commemorating annually the date of death of family members. It is...
Thunderstruck Hugo in 1853 Any reflection on Victor Hugo risks degenerating into a procession of superlatives. Poet, dramatist, novelist, romantic, reactionary, revolutionary, mystic, miser and indefatigable philanderer: without him French literature, French politics of the 19th century are unimaginable. The scope of his ambition, the range of his genius, the vastness of his output, the extent of his appetite, the audacity of his opportunism and the oceanic immensity of his...