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Biography Nostradamus was born Michele de Nostradame in 1503, in the south of France in Saint-Remy-de-Provence. Nostradame’s grandfather, Guy Gassonet, had converted to Catholicism a half century earlier and changed the family name to Nostradame, in part to avoid persecution during the Inquisition. Little is known of his childhood, but evidence indicates he was very intelligent as he quickly advanced through school. During this time, young Nostradame was taught the rudiments of Latin, Greek, Hebrew and mathematics. It’s believed that his grandfather also introduced him to the ancient rites of Jewish tradition and the teachings of astrology, giving Nostradame his first exposure to the idea of the heavens and how they might drive human destiny. When Michele was 35 years old, he made a careless comment about a statue of the virgin Mary. He was charged with heresy by the Inquisition and fled for several years to Italy, Greece and Turkey. Dur...

Enthusiasm for Science, people who changed the world, Autism awareness, Friendship Who is Issac Newton? Issac Newton was born the same year Galileo died. He was born in a very small rural village in Lincolnshire. She was born prematurely and wasn’t expected to survive. Luckily for all humanity, Newton did survive and he grew up to be a very curious young man. He grew up and gave lectures at Trinity College. He refused to talk down to the students and very few understood very little of what he was teachings. It’s been said that several times, zero students showed up at his lectures and he merely lectured at the walls. Newton was the first to discover that white light was made up of a spectrum of colored light. He noticed how, white light through a prism created a rainbow, but red light through a prism remained red. He also made improvements to telescopes of the day. Laws of Motion During his time at Cambridge University, a plague epidemic arose and took the lives of man...

Mesmerizing https://youtu.be/KQyAnKjD6W4 How did the scientific community test Franz Mesmer's claims? Removed crowd and music Removed other factors Isolated features Purpose of the glass harmonica? Fake water, placebo, blind trials The Fox Sisters Margaret Fox heard footsteps on the stairs when everyone was asleep. At one point, she walked in on her daughters talking to a ghost. She couldn't explain it. It could only be ghosts. https://youtu.be/u_AF1Jc3FNQ Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer. He's best known for writing the Sherlock Holmes books. He was a big guy, tall and broad. Watch and read sherlock holmes Inductive reasoning Doyle's Fallacy Doyle had lost his 26 year old son, Kingsley in the 1918 Spanish flu. This weighed heavily on Doyle and his wife. During the late 19th century, spiritualism was very popular. Mediums held popular dinner parties with the rich and famous. Conan Doyle regularly communicated with ...