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Tag Archives: Catherine the Great

STEFANO ZANNOWICH—A GENUINE RASCAL PART 2

WHEN WE left the Montenegrin Serb royal impersonator Stefano Zannowich yesterday here, it was 1773 and he had just composed Pigmalione. Let’s not credit Zannowich with inspiring the 1956 Broadway … Continue reading

October 23, 2017 · Leave a comment

(WO)MEN OF MATHEMATICS

IN KEEPING with the book’s title, E.T. Bell’s classic Men of Mathematics has only 24 women out of the more than 300 personages listed in its index. As a source … Continue reading

October 6, 2017 · Leave a comment