Tolstoy’s Reading List: Essential Books for Each Stage of Life by Maria Popova Even if one could never “finish” great literature, one has to begin somewhere. Shortly after his fiftieth birthday, Leo Tolstoy succumbed to a deep spiritual crisis and decided to pull himself out by finding the meaning of life. But despite his wide and prolific reading, Tolstoy did consider specific books especially important and influential in his development. Under the heading “WORKS WHICH MADE AN IMPRESSION,” Tolstoy divides his reading list into five distinct life-stages — beginning with childhood and ending with his age at the time — and ranks each title by excellence, from “great” to “v. great” to “enormous.” That only two known women figure in Tolstoy’s list is, one would imagine, less a function of his bias than of his era’s and his culture’s — though the latter certainly shape the former. “Great”: “V. great”: The Little Black Hen (public library) by Pogorelsky “Enormous”: The novels of Mrs. Les Misérables (public library) by Victor Hugo Donating = Loving
Biblioteca Pijama Surf: descarga la preciosa colección de textos de alquimia de Manly P. Hall El Museo Getty ha digitalizado parte de la colección de textos de alquimia, masonería y rosacrucianismo de Manly P. Hall, uno de los grandes eruditos del siglo XX en lo que se refiere a estos temas. A su muerte, buena parte de su colección de textos y antigüedades fue vendida por la Philosophical Research Society, fundada por Hall, para resolver una serie de problemas legales. El Museo Getty adquirió 243 manuscritos en 68 volúmenes que versan sobre magia, ocultismo, hermetismo, rosacrucianismo y masonería de autores como Michael Maier, George Ripley, Jakob Böhme, Cagliostro, Sigismund Bacstrom y muchos otros. Parte restante de su colección puede visitarse en la sede de la Philosophical Research Society en Los Ángeles. La colección está disponible en diferentes formatos para descargar y leerse en dispositivos electrónicos. Visita la colección de Manly P.
Beiersdorf Children’s Day Care Centre / Kadawittfeldarchitektur Architects: Kadawittfeldarchitektur Location: Eimsbüttel, Hamburg, Germany Project Manager: Arno Schleicher, Ben Beckers Area: 1750.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Werner Huthmacher From the architect. The two-storey new build is located next to a green area on the inner-city grounds of the Beiersdorf AG in Hamburg-Eimsbüttel. The extremely compact rectangular structure is arranged around a central, two-storey multi-purpose room, which functions as a play area and gathering space. The inserted coloured frames shape and structure the facade on the outside and offer the children a sense of direction and a way of identifying with their group. The children’s day care centre was awarded a DGNB Gold certificate by the German Sustainable Building Council at the end of November 2014. * Location to be used only as a reference.
Quantum mechanics 101: Demystifying tough physics in 4 easy lessons Ready to level up your working knowledge of quantum mechanics? Check out these four TED-Ed Lessons written by Chad Orzel, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Union College and author of How to Teach Quantum Physics to Your Dog. 1. Particles and waves: The central mystery of quantum mechanics One of the most amazing facts in physics is that everything in the universe, from light to electrons to atoms, behaves like both a particle and a wave at the same time. 2. Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, posed this famous question: If you put a cat in a sealed box with a device that has a 50% chance of killing the cat in the next hour, what will be the state of the cat when that time is up? 3. When you think about Einstein and physics, E=mc^2 is probably the first thing that comes to mind. 4.
History Leer es una actividad relacionada al saber y al placer, pero algunas lecturas nos pueden matar o volvernos locos. A lo largo de nuestra historia existen libros que fueron prohibidos por la supuesta peligrosidad de su contenido. Se cree que uno fue escrito por seres desconocidos, otros otorgan poderosos saberes y otro fue escrito en un lenguaje que aún nadie logró descifrar. Todo lector será asesinado El “Libro de Thot” fue escrito y quemado durante el imperio egipcio, pero sus peligrosas enseñanzas no desaparecieron. El primer libro del mundo También conocido como el "Libro de Dzyan", se lo considera el primer libro de la historia. El manuscrito indescifrable Se lo conoce como “El libro de Voynich” y está escrito en una lengua aún desconocida. Necronomicón; el libro de las leyes de los muertos Es una invención del mítico escritor Howard Lovecraft. Excalibur, una puerta al manicomio Su autor es L.
Zentangle: meditación a través del dibujo Zentangle is a drawing method created by artists Maria Thomas and Rick Roberts that consists of tracing patterns that foster calm and meditation. The first rule: one line at a time. With this simple principle in mind, whoever carries out this activity achieves the organic combination of patterns that grow and flow naturally, until they develop into intricate shapes and designs. This is why another one of its principles involves the relation between the simple and the complex. Beginning with simple lines, Zentangle ends up being a complex network of patterns and pieces which, like a puzzle, result in a whole. Because it implies the flow of shapes that are generated intuitively, rrawing these patterns, which anyone can achieve, leads to calm and relaxation. Since it was created, Zentagle has gained many followers; communities have been formed, as well as websites for people who share its benefits and want to share its different techniques. The first rule: one line at a time.
Una desventaja comparativa para los emprendedores en América Latina - Ideas que cuentan La realidad de los emprendedores en América Latina no se parece en nada a la de otras regiones: empezando por el tamaño –la mayoría de las empresas son micro o pequeñas- y terminando por la motivación –los emprendedores son lo que son más por “necesidad” que por “oportunidad”. Además de estos rasgos, los emprendedores tienen escaso apetito por el riesgo y la innovación, lo cual, sumado a la disponibilidad limitada de capital humano, produce empresas menos complejas e innovadoras que sus contrapartes europeas o asiáticas. Basándose en una encuesta destinada a estudiar el proceso emprendedor de empresas nuevas y dinámicas en países seleccionados de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, México y Perú) y países en otras regiones (el este asiático y la Europa mediterránea), Kantis, Juan y Trajtenberg revelan las diferencias entre iniciativas empresariales en estas regiones, centrándose en los emprendedores de clase media, que son el 55% del total.
21 GIFs That Explain Mathematical Concepts “Let's face it; by and large math is not easy, but that's what makes it so rewarding when you conquer a problem, and reach new heights of understanding.” Danica McKellar As we usher in the start of a new school year, it’s time to hit the ground running in your classes! Math can be pretty tough, but since it is the language in which scientists interpret the Universe, there’s really no getting around learning it. Check out these gifs that will help you visualize some tricky aspects of math, so you can dominate your exams this year. Ellipse: Via: giphy Solving Pascal triangles: Via: Hersfold via Wikimedia Commons Use FOIL to easily multiply binomials: Via: mathcaptain Here’s how you solve logarithms: Via: imgur Use this trick so you don’t get mixed up when doing matrix transpositions: Via: Wikimedia Commons What the Pythagorean Theorem is really trying to show you: Via: giphy Exterior angles of polygons will ALWAYS add up to 360 degrees: Via: math.stackexchange Via: imgur Via: Wikimedia Commons Via: reddit