The word polymath stems from the Greek, polus, meaning "much" or "many" and mathe, meaning "learning". The first use of the word has been traced to the 17th Century. From the Renaissance ...

Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the Earth.

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The outfits we wear for Halloween have a story to tell—one often far removed from the historical reality they’re said to ...

The vintage-voiced humbuckers have been tweaked to work with low-tuned modern metal music, and promise a dynamic and ...

The legendary polymath, who died at his home in Bel-Air on Sunday (November 3), envisioned and executed some of the most ...

Orit Peleg, associate professor of computer science and Biofrontiers Institute faculty member at CU Boulder is one of six researchers recognized for their boundary-pushing work by the prestigious ...

Polymath Real Estate Limited has inaugurated Aura City, located along the Lagos/Abeokuta Highway, in Iseyin Town, Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the firm in a statement, the estate is going to ...

Gavin Francis’s meditative travelogue takes in history as well as geography, exploring how bridges can also be barriers ...

Late in the 2013 NFL season, losing by a touchdown with less than two minutes on the clock, Washington wide receiver Pierre Garçon caught a pass from quarterback Robert Griffin III, and scampered ...

So much for that relationship. Then there was Pete. An Ivy League-trained engineer (and also a polymath), he had a career in the Pentagon that was creative and fruitful, being in on the design of ...

The conceit of the film – that Williams’ life story be recreated in animated form, with him, his family and his numerous ...