Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory of Disease
Mid-way through the nineteenth century, people still believed in the disease theory of miasma. Miasma was a type of “bad air” that was thought…
The Enemy of Rome: Hannibal and the Second Punic War
Hannibal Barca may have been one of the greatest generals that ever existed in the ancient world. He played a major role in the…
Rachel Carson: The Downfall of DDT
Whenever one thinks of a real-life hero, one thinks of firefighters or policemen or even sometimes nurses. But we rarely imagine environmentalists as being…