Hacker News: Petiver

World Wide Words

Petiver — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:21:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.worldwidewords.org/genindex.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49772263

Points: 41

# Comments: 3

William Buckland's Theology of Geology

Petiver — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:53:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/great-debates/william-bucklands-theology-geology

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721907

Points: 7

# Comments: 0

The Empire of Information

Petiver — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:15:37 +0000

Article URL: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/data-empire-roopika-risam-information-organize-control-dominate/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49535122

Points: 34

# Comments: 10

Why Human Giants Defy the Laws of Physics

Petiver — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 19:25:34 +0000

Article URL: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/why-human-giants-defy-the-laws-of-physics/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49336309

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

The Ultimate Horse

Petiver — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 19:29:14 +0000

Article URL: https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-ultimate-horse/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49263260

Points: 55

# Comments: 15

'The Cheese and the Worms' by Carlo Ginzburg Review

Petiver — Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:22:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/review/cheese-and-worms-carlo-ginzburg-review

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49215117

Points: 21

# Comments: 8

Once More in Triple Time

Petiver — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:08:36 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanscholar.org/once-more-in-triple-time/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200947

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

A Dying Art: The last of the morticians

Petiver — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 04:50:10 +0000

Article URL: https://harpers.org/archive/2026/08/a-dying-art-john-semley-mortuary-sciences-competition/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49031322

Points: 54

# Comments: 16

The Legend of the Gibbet

Petiver — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:24:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/legend-gibbet

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927194

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Swift, Gay and Pope's season in the sun

Petiver — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 22:21:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/12/the-twitnam-summer-by-hester-grant-review-swift-gay-and-popes-season-in-the-sun

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48623197

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Reinventing the Renaissance

Petiver — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 22:26:12 +0000

Article URL: https://drb.ie/article/reinventing-the-renaissance/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563083

Points: 41

# Comments: 11

Pass the Cherries: Review of Twilight of the Dons

Petiver — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 22:02:09 +0000

Article URL: https://literaryreview.co.uk/pass-the-cherries

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376940

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

Voting Before the Secret Ballot

Petiver — Mon, 11 May 2026 05:43:00 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/voting-secret-ballot

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48091403

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Cordouan Lighthouse

Petiver — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:40:20 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordouan_Lighthouse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47948338

Points: 38

# Comments: 6

William Cecil's Succession Plan

Petiver — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:42:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/history-matters/william-cecils-succession-plan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47767975

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Living Without My Self

Petiver — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:51:38 +0000

Article URL: https://aeon.co/essays/robert-musil-gives-confidence-to-the-no-self-minority-like-me

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47699085

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

An Aroma Most Beguiling

Petiver — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:23:21 +0000

Article URL: https://orionmagazine.org/article/an-aroma-most-beguiling/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47605340

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Many Roots of Our Suffering: Reflections on Robert Trivers (1943–2026)

Petiver — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 20:34:56 +0000

Article URL: https://quillette.com/2026/03/25/the-many-roots-of-our-suffering-reflections-on-robert-trivers-1943-2026/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47535369

Points: 25

# Comments: 11

The Last Testaments of Richard II and Henry IV

Petiver — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 22:12:47 +0000

Article URL: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/feature/last-testaments-richard-ii-and-henry-iv

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47472039

Points: 77

# Comments: 15

Fear and Fragility: The Glass Delusion and Its History

Petiver — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:14:10 +0000

Article URL: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/fear-and-fragility-the-glass-delusion-and-its-history

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47443547

Points: 28

# Comments: 7