T. Berry Brazelton 1918-2018
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Click Here to Read:  Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, Who Explored Babies’ Mental Growth, Dies at 99 By Sandra Blakeslee n The New York Times on March 14, 2018.

Click Here to Read:  Obituaries: T. Berry Brazelton, pediatrician who soothed generations of parents, dies at 99 By Emily Langer in the New York Times on March 13, 2018.

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Click Here to Read: At 95, Brazelton shares ‘A Life Caring for Children’ by Nanci Hellmich in USA TODAY on May 1, 201.3

Click Here to Read and Listen To:   Brazelton: Listening to Children — and Their Parents on the NPR website on May 10, 2007. Continue reading T. Berry Brazelton 1918-2018

Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day. Here’s What You Should Know About the Irrational Number
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Click Here to Read:   Today Is the 30th Anniversary of Pi Day. Here’s What You Should Know About the Irrational Number By Eli Meixler on the Time Magazine website March 14, 2018.

Click Here to Read: Forget Pi Day. We should be celebrating Tau Day: When it comes to teaching trigonometry, the mathematical concept of pi is flawed BY Emily Conover in Sceince News on March 14, 2018/

Click Here to Read: Pi Day 2015: a sweet treat for maths fans. Ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter has sparked memory contests and even a language – this year’s celebration of π is a once-in-100-year occasion. He ate all the pi : Japanese man memorises π to 111,700 digits by Alex Bellows on The Guardian Website on March 13, 2015.

A bear pie with blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and strawberries to help with coming out of hibernation. Traditional pâte brisée, crust-wise. Photo by Evan Shelhamer.

How to Admit That You’re Wrong (Even If You’re Always Right)
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Click Here to Read:  How to Admit That You’re Wrong (Even If You’re Always Right): In this age of denialism, it’s more important to state plain truths such as “I was wrong.” It also makes you a better role model.By Louis Anthony Loftus on the Fatherly website on February 27 2018.

Photo:Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Historian Tuesday: Thucydides
By Categories: History

Click Here to Read:  Thucydides on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read:  History: The Trump team is obsessing over Thucydides, the ancient historian who wrote a seminal tract on war By Michael Crowley on the Politico website on June 21, 2017/

Click Here to Read:  The Thucydides Trap: Are the U.S. and China Headed for War? In 12 of 16 past cases in which a rising power has confronted a ruling power, the result has been bloodshed by Graham Allison on September 24, 2015.

Click Here to Read:   The Risks and Rewards of Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War by S.M. Jaffe on the War on the Rocks website on July 6, 2017

Click Here to Read:   Thucydides and the Tragedy of Athens: A Parable for America by John H. Maurer on the Foreign Policy Research website on June 26, 2017.
This is the plaster cast bust currently in exposition of Zurab Tsereteli’s gallery in Moscow (part of Russian Academy of Arts), formerly from the collection of castings of Pushkin museum made in early 1900-1910s.

Original bust is a Roman copy (c. 100 CE) of an early 4th Century BCE Greek original, and is located in Holkham Hall in Norfolk, UK. 2008 Photo: shakko

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