Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, accidents and economic science has gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden from the chaos, that scientists are only beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia – How did we … Read more
People are still asking “What went wrong in Vietnam”? It is hard to justify the war, since veterans didn’t like the war, the public didn’t want it, and sure as hell the Vietnamese people didn’t like the war. Lives were lost on both sides, and the only thing that America got from the war was … Read more
Dharamshala, a word used for place of peace or sanctuary, is actually a city of mourning and activism in North India. Director Lobsang Wangyal every year sets the town in motion with the Miss Tibet beauty pageant, an event that is more than a beauty pageant. The Director says proudly that the pageant is more … Read more
Almost 70 years ago, Europe found itself at war with one of the most sinister figures in modern history: Adolf Hitler. When the last bullet of World War II was fired, over 50 million people were dead, and countless countries were both physically and economically devastated. Hitler’s bloody struggle sought to forge the world anew, … Read more
Have you heard the legend of the Greek god Hades kidnaping the goddess Persephone from Sicily and taking her to the underworld in order to marry her? Or Hercules entering the underworld in Cape Tenaron in search for his loved one who was trapped in Hell by Hades? Odysseus also entered the underworld on his … Read more
Seven Ages of Britain is a BBC television documentary series written and presented by David Dimbleby. The series covers the history of the largest art and artifacts Britain over the last 2000 years. Each episode features a different period of British history. Age of Conquest. The first part of the chronicle begins with the Roman … Read more
It began with a weapon created by the scientists who threatened to destroy the world. But then, a group of men who were convinced that control of the new danger began to gain influence in America. They manipulate the terror. They use the methods of science. Pandora’s Box was a six-part 1992 BBC documentary television … Read more
The account behind maybe the best recipe ever created in finance: the Black-Scholes-Merton alternatives pricing model. Two of its creators were granted the Nobel Prize in Economic science in 1997. A yr. later their hedge fund Long Term capital Management (LTCM) had fallen in with stupefying losses of $ $ 100 billion dollars a result … Read more
George Michael, one of the biggest pop stars of our time lost his life at age of 53. Michael was one of the first superstars, and among the first public figures to publicly come out as homosexual. He was pioneer not only in music, but in LGBT movement as well. In that regard, we take … Read more
The Neolithic village of Ba’ja in Jordan is a famous archaeological site. It was one of the world’s first known settlements, founded some 9,000 years ago. The site has produced magnificent finds including an ancient necklace made of 2,500 beads. What prompted our Neolithic ancestors to settle down? Why did they change their nomadic, hunter-gatherer … Read more