classical

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“They were far from the classical ideal of male beauty,” Mr. Sidebottom writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The team turned to the Talbot effect, a classical optics phenomenon first described in 1836 by Henry Fox Talbot.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

“Access to the classical studies is now instantaneous: literature, science, art, philosophy, mathematics and history.”

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

The lights are dim, and calming classical music plays from built-in speakers.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Over time, observation became an adjunct to experiment, both producing reliable facts in place of the unreliable, unspecific ‘experience’ which underlay so much classical and medieval discussion.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton