Marta Oleskiv

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Daniel Ellsberg, the most dangerous man in America

The name of Daniel Ellsberg is known far beyond...

Biography of Cyrus McCormick, an inventor of the reaper

Cyrus McCormick is well-known not only in the USA...

Eddy Goldfarb’s World of Toys

Eddy Goldfarb is a born optimist and a world-known...

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The Second City in Chicago: The History of the Improv Theater and Its Comedy School

The Second City is Chicago’s legendary improv theater that...

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Scheduled Mechanical Care: Fluid Dynamics, Component Tolerances, and Maintenance Engineering

Modern passenger vehicles are engineered to operate within strict...

The Steel Frame Revolution: How Engineer William Le Baron Jenney Built Chicago’s First Skyscraper

In October 1871, the Great Chicago Fire virtually reduced...

The World’s First Blood Bank: How Bernard Fantus Revolutionized Medicine in Chicago

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