Authors John Stolarczyk and Jules Janick present their assessment of Carrot History and Iconography in the scholarly journal Chronica Horticulturae© (volume 51 – Number 2; June 2011). A great deal of further information can be found at John Stolarczyk’s World Carrot Museum which has a section devoted to Carrots Depicted in the Fine Arts. More […]
Year: 2017
Alwynne B. Beaudoin’s compost of dung research
Alwynne B. Beaudoin’s “The Dung File” is one of the more effusive collections of research about dung. Beaudoin says: “The Dung File consists of a list of references dealing with pollen, parasites, and plant remains in coprolites and latrine fills from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites. The focus is on studies in North America, although the […]
Nominative Determinism: Harry Beaver, gynecologist. Also: Bush and Blinder.
Three more doctors who benefit/suffer from nominative determinism: Harry Beaver [pictured here], gynecologist. Nicol Bush, urologist. Kevin Blinder, ophthalmologist. (Thanks to anonymous person for bringing these to our attention.)
“Less children per man than per woman”
This week’s Recent Headline of the Week: “Less children per man than per woman“. That headline runs atop a December 20, 2016 report from Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, in Munich. (Thanks to H.H. Schwab for bringing this to our attention.)