“The Romans' contribution to science was mostly limited to butchering antiquity's greatest mathematician, burning the Library of Alexandria, and slowly stifling the sciences that flourished in the colonies of their Empire.” — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The history of pi is only a small part of the history of mathematics, which itself is but a mirror of the history of… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Aristotle, we are invariably told, was "antiquity's most brilliant intellect," and the explanation of this weird assertion, I believe, is best summarized in Anatole… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The architecture of the Colisseum and other places of Roman entertainment are difficult to judge without recalling what purpose they served. It was here… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Then there is Roman engineering: the Roman roads, aqueducts, the Colosseum. Warfare, alas, has always been beneficial to engineering. Yet there are unmistakeable trends… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“Rome was not the first state of organized gangsterdom, nor was it the last; but it was the only one that managed to bamboozle… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The Romans' contribution to science was mostly limited to butchering antiquity's greatest mathematician, burning the Library of Alexandria, and slowly stifling the sciences that… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“If we do not require a calendar to be geared to a tropical year (earth's orbit), but only that it be geared to some… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
“The architecture of the thugs also differs from that of normal societies. It can often be recognized by the megalomaniacal style of their public… — Petr Beckmann Copy Share Image
