“Gunpowder,” as it came to be known, is a mixture of saltpeter (potassium nitrate), sulfur, and charcoal. Together, these materials will burn rapidly and explode as a propellant. Chinese monks ...
The arrival in the West Indies of the three ships of Columbus is variously understood as a triumph for Spaniards, Genoese, Italians, or for Europe as a whole, but the entire endeavor rests upon a ...
In recent months, prestigious national and international organizations recognized Brown faculty for their research, scholarship, humanitarian efforts and leadership.
The tholos tomb is a round, beehive shaped structure famously built by the late Bronze Age Mycenean peoples. These were royal examples of the commonly employed chamber tomb. A rounded cut was made ...
Pessoa Plural was established in 2012 as an international peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to studies of Fernando Pessoa. We publish two issues per year through the joint publishing efforts ...
The Independent Concentration program is for students interested in actively constructing an interdisciplinary concentration, representing a coherent field of study that Brown does not offer. The ...
An introduction to the mathematical foundations of continuum mechanics. Vectors and tensors, properties and basic operations. Kinematics of deformation. Conservation laws, thermodynamics. Stress.
Front Row (Left to Right): Jack Duffy, Jack Pipkin, Paul Symonds, William Prager, Jerome H. Weiner, Constantine Mylonas and John Martin Yr 2000 Faculty and Staff includes: Bob Dean, Head of Machine ...