Frances Wood

2 months ago | newyorker.com | Martha Gellhorn |David Kidd |Frances Wood |Aube Rey Lescure

In the nineteen-nineties, Fuchsia Dunlop—now a celebrated food writer and expert in Chinese cooking—enrolled at the Sichuan Institute of Higher Cuisine, becoming the first foreigner to attend one of China’s most venerated culinary schools. Recently, Dunlop joined us to discuss a collection of books that chronicle the experiences of foreign adventurers in China.

Dec 11, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Matthew Stanley |Hunter Dukes |Frances Wood |Richard Lea

The ideas of the German-Jewish mathematician Emmy Noether (not least the four-part theorem that bears her name) laid the foundation for much of modern physics, yet it is the case that students today can complete their degrees without having heard of her. Einstein’s Tutor by Lee Phillips seeks both to remedy this problem and understand how it came to be. Noether was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, in 1882, the daughter of the mathematician Max Noether.

Dec 11, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Frances Wood |Matthew Stanley |Hunter Dukes |Richard Lea

The Ming doctor Li Shizhen’s pharmacopoeia is widely known in China, and the man himself has appeared on postage stamps and in a popular film of 1956, in which he is depicted clambering over mountains in search of medicinal herbs. The Ben cao gang mu was first printed in the year of his death, 1593, but is still recognized as the main historical source of reference for Chinese materia medica – contemporary researchers plough through it looking for new cures from ancient recipes.

May 29, 2024 | hiawathaworldonline.com | Frances Wood

The Hiawatha High School Class of 1949 held their 75th reunion at the home of Arlene Pierce King with her daughter, Linda, hosting. There were six classmates in attendance along with their drivers. They were Dudley Pautz of Farmington, MO; H.A. Junior Smith of Larned; Ida Foley Tallaferro of Holton; Kay Conrad Bascum of Manhattan; Frances King Wood of Topeka, along with Arlene Pierce King. kAm{:?52 7FC?:D965 2 56=:4:@FD 9@>6\4@@<65 >62=] w:89=:89E @7 E96 52J H2D @A6?:?8 A6CD@?2=:K65 6IA=@D:@?