Styro's Sundries

There is an old Jewish tale about a soap maker who did not believe in God. One day as he was walking with a rabbi, he said, “There is somet...

"For does a crop grow in any field to equal this [papyrus], on which the thoughts of the wise are preserved? ... It is the snowy pith...

"The world is seen through human eyes and processed through human minds. Minds that are developed and conditioned by human society.  ...

This example of a man who travels but doesn't learn much is from a series of lectures about the history of science. The professor wants ...

The Leaning Tower of Pisa is very old. Back in the 11th century AD the city of Pisa wanted to build a cathedral. For a cathedral you nee...

Oftentimes we are like the young merchant from Boston, who in 1849, as the story goes, was caught up in the fervor of the California gold ...

"The story of the iron wedge began years ago when the white-haired farmer [who now inhabited the property on which it stood] was a lad...