News tagged with shakespeare
Finding more in 'most': Scientific study of an everyday word
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 19, 2009 |
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William Shakespeare, who knew a thing or two about words, advised that "An honest tale speeds best, being plainly told." But the exact meaning of plain language isn't always easy to find. Even simple words like "most" and ...
New Shakespeare Archive launched
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Shakespeare Quartos Archive has been officially launched today with a complete digital collection of rare early editions of Hamlet.
Egypt to search 3 sites for Cleopatra's tomb
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Archaeologists will begin excavating sites in Egypt next week in an attempt to solve a mystery that has stymied historians for hundreds of years: Where is the final resting place of doomed lovers Cleopatra and Mark ...
To be or not to be
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A scholar from Oxford's English Faculty has discovered that a painting lauded as the only known portrait of William Shakespeare painted from life is almost certainly of somebody else.
From the works of Shakespeare to the genomes of viruses (Video)
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What does uncovering the true authorship of plays attributed to Shakespeare have to do with identifying our genetic ancestors or classifying new life forms? All involve the comparative analysis ...
