Monthly Archives: October 2004

Anne Mahoney has an interesting new review up of Reviel Netz, The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean World: From Problems to Equations (CUP 2004). …within the tool-kit of available techniques, classical Greek mathematicians, in general, make a point … Continue reading →

As an element of a grant proposal in the works, I just totted up current Stoa Consortium resources available here at UK: Over in the Center for Computational Sciences in McVey Hall, we maintain two production servers and two development … Continue reading →

When Bernie Frischer gave his (terrific) talk on Rome Reborn at Cincy half a year ago I asked him about being able to walk through the Roman forum and get a VR view of their reconstruction keyed to one’s location … Continue reading →

From the CHE’s weblog, reporting on Educause 2004: Former U. of Michigan President Warns of ‘Great Change’ in Higher Education OCTOBER 20, NOON — Educause 2004 has attracted more than 7,000 people from 43 different countries, scores of colleges, and … Continue reading →

Here’s part of an interesting update on Corinth from the blog of Michael Shanks: What we are actually doing at Corinth is trying to turn a curve by implementing methodologies now standard in non-classical lands. We have been introducing an … Continue reading →

Pompeian Households: An On-line Companion hosts materials to accompany Penelope M. Allison, Pompeian Households: An Analysis of the Material Culture (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Monograph 42). It includes detailed documentary information on 30 Pompeian houses and their contents, consisting of … Continue reading →