# William Gilbert

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The Lodestone, the Compass and the Magnetic Earth

In this episode we trace the early development of magnetism and the compass—from ancient Chinese navigation to the groundbreaking insights of medieval and Renaissance Europe. The episode highlights the work of Peter Peregrinus, a 13th-century scholar whose detailed experiments with magnets laid the…

The giant without a name

Lee Woo Young The author is an HCMC distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. The American mathematician Paul Halmos (1916-2006) once worked on a mathematical problem with a friend. The friend had only offered a few casual remarks, and Halmos eventually solved the problem …

Episode 7 - The inside track on William Gilbert School with Helen Britten

As headteacher of William Gilbert Endowed C of E Primary School in Duffield, I am often reminded of the extraordinary legacy that surrounds our school—not just in its rich history dating back to 1565, but in the ongoing support that continues to shape the lives of our pupils long after they leave u…

Episode 20: The Ghost of Language Past

Wherein we play language games. Jump right to: 12:47 Linguistics Thing Of The Day: Language games 37:07 Question 1: Could y’all talk about how your understanding of how to pronounce the word can affect what you think the spelling, etymology, or meaning is? Examples that comes to mind is “su-burban…

Electricity: The Force We Tamed to Kill the Dark (Ep. 68)

In 1850, when the sun set, the world went dark. There were no streetlights glowing amber, no windows flickering with television light, no cities blazing visible from space. Humanity lived as it had for millennia—by fire and by day. Within a single lifetime, everything changed.This episode traces hu…

How Electricity Was Discovered

In 600 BC, Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus noticed that the gemstone amber attracted light objects when it was rubbed against a cloth. Unbeknownst to him, he had discovered the phenomenon of static electricity. But how did humanity progress from this knowledge of a certain gemstone to powering …

🟡 Last Lords of Gardonal (Full Audiobook) | William Gilbert

https://www.theforbiddenknowledgenetwork.com Two brothers, born into money and power, are as cruel as the feudal age in which they live. But when the oppressed villagers seek help from a sorcerer, the wicked barons just may have met their match... This tale features a relatively early example in En…

The World Soul and the Fields of Nature | Clare College, Cambridge University

We’re often told that the scientific revolution banished souls from nature, leaving a universe of dead matter pushed around by blind forces. I don’t think that’s what happened. The soul of the world didn’t disappear in the seventeenth century; it changed its name. It’s now called a field. Gravity t…

History Podcast - The History of Electricity | Chill History for Sleep

History for Sleep -The Spark That Changed Everything: A History of ElectricityLong before the first light bulb flickered to life, humanity was already locked in a centuries-long struggle to understand an invisible force that could kill, dazzle, and — eventually — reshape civilization. This episode …

The Old Gods Waken

This month on The Inklings Variety Hour, we're talking about The Old Gods Waken, a supernatural thriller penned by Manly Wade Wellman. If you enjoy Charles Williams, and are at least interested by the idea of Appalachian Weird Fiction, I suspect you'll like this book. It's hard (at present) to find…