Do Smart People Wear Dunce Caps?
can just picture Bart Simpson sitting in the corner, wearing a dunce cap — and wouldn’t you know it, the Internet is full of pictures of the mischievous boy exactly the way I imagined him — complete with a scowl on his face. And if you look hard enough on Google,...
How A Penniless Immigrant Dominated the Banana Industry
ananas, it turns out, have been around for a long time. The first settlers in Papa New Guinea, in the western Pacific, are thought to have arrived as early as 5000 B.C., according to National Geographic. Not long after, these settlers started cultivating bananas....
The Unusual Muslim Geographer Who Is Responsible For Your Amazon Packages
athymetry is the measurement of depth of water in oceans, seas or lakes. That strange-sounding science — bathymetry — is very important to your daily life, whether you are a lawyer, economist or construction worker. (Don’t worry, there’s a historical perspective here...
