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Langwell, Caithness: an exemplar of the Highland economy

William Parente explores the challenges faced by Highland communities in the time of the Clearances

October 8, 2025
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Illustration showing the formation of the solar system according to Pierre Simon Laplace’s nebular hypothesis. A black and white drawing of two circles made up of white dots against a black background, one containing concentric circles of denser dots.

Lord Kelvin and the Apocalypse: the striking convergence of religion and cosmology

The surprising role of scripture in developing scientific theories of the universe in 19th-century Scotland.

Edinburgh University Press
December 9, 2024