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SALEM — It’s been installed and dedicated. Now, the latest memorial honoring two legends in Salem’s military history needs just a little more cash to cross the finish line.

Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Learn more about Harvard in this article.

Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation’s most prestigious. It is one of the Ivy League schools. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Harvard’s total enrollment is about 23,000. Harvard’s history began when a college was established at New Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge for the English alma mater of some of the leading c...

We go behind the technical and look for what makes Euler's identity so beautiful

Some Ancient and Modern Theories

February 23, 2021 The profession of hydrographer is built upon measurement accuracy. Ever since Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer produced the first true nautical charts in 1584, hydrographers have been working to improve the accuracy of their measurements. For anyone fortunate enough to have reviewed Waghenaer’s atlas, the Spieghel der Zeevaert (The Mariner’s Mirror), one of the first questions that comes to mind is how accurate are these charts? As the technology of the times was crude at best, i...