In ancient Greece, the asclepion was a healing temple dedicated to Asclepius, the God of Medicine. Asclepius learned the art of surgery from the centaur Chiron and had the ability to raise the dead. The Rod of Asclepius is a roughhewn branch entwined with a single serpent.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Orders of Magnitude
Image is from xkcd, drawn by Randall Munroe, shown under Creative Commons Attribution License.
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