The term «butterfly effect » was coined by the meteorologist and mathematician Edward Lorenz (1917-2008) when trying to make a prediction of the atmospheric climate. Its meaning could be summarized in that a small initial disturbance, through an amplification process, can generate a considerably lar
The year is 1637. Central Europe is in the midst of the Thirty Years War, the bloodiest conflict the continent has seen in a long time. The Netherlands is not far from the action. Reason enough to be afraid, one would think. But anyone who thinks that doesnt know the Dutch very well! In the midst of
Every Roman city or colony had one or more fullonica , our current laundry and dry cleaning . Remains of these businesses have been found in Ostia, Barcino and Herculaneum, some of them like that of Stephanus in Pompeii in an excellent state of preservation. It consisted of a household linen and clo
In 1537 the Turks, under Suleiman, the so-called magnificent, threatened the Empire and Venice again with Christian France as an ally. The unholy alliance between the French and the Turks was aimed at the destruction of the Habsburg empire, but unfortunately it also affected the Greeks... The un