IT is one of the wonders of the world that so few books are written. With every human being a possible book, and with many a human being capable of becoming more books than the world could contain, is ...

A North Shore park is being renamed as The Trustees of Reservations, which cares for spaces across Massachusetts, distances itself from the racist teachings of the land's original namesake. Agassiz ...

Between 17,000 and 21,000 years ago the last North American glacier reached its maximum depth and extent, covering all but the southeast corner of Minnesota. About 13,000 years ago the melting ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor Emeritus Charles S. "Chip" Cox has been awarded the Alexander Agassiz Medal from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Cox, a professor of oceanography ...

IN one of the first letters which Agassiz sent back to his scientific associates in Europe after he came to this country are the words, “ Naturalist as I am, I cannot but put the people first, — the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Alexander Agassiz(1835-1910), marine ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Benjamin Peirce, Harvard professor of ...