Biography

When the Santa Maria was wrecked and Columbus lost contact with the Pinta in a storm, he decided to use the only surviving ship, the Niña, to bring news of the discovery of a route to America to the royal court.

For four years he lived in Moscow.

She was the daughter of the mathematician, astronomer and philosopher Theon of Alexandria.

Thanks to Gertrude Stein, he also met the influential painters Picasso, Joan Miró, and Juan Gris.

Lovelace valued metaphysics on a par with mathematics.

After several years of struggling with disability, Beethoven was forced to completely give up public performances and devote himself exclusively to composing.

Towards the end of his life, Ludwig senior had his portrait painted, which remained in his grandson's rooms as a talisman of his musical heritage.

The king received a thorough education.

Oppenheimer was never a spy for the Soviet Union. This was determined in 2009 based on extensive analysis of KGB archives

According to tradition, Homer died in old age on the island of Chios.