The Gregg Group was founded 22 May 2004, prompted by the lack of online shorthand resources. As the primary use for shorthand — business and legal recording — has waned in recent decades, we generally acclaim the skill as a hobby or personal tool. The purpose of the group is to promote the use of Gregg systems of shorthand by providing advice to beginners, support for students, and an association of users of this efficient, attractive, and enjoyable method of writing.
While double-lens microscopes appeared early in the 17th century, these microscopes could only magnify objects up to 20 to 30 times its size. As a result, the microscopic world as we know it today was largely unknown then. It was not until Anton van Leeuwenhoek created a single-lens hand-ground lens microscope that could amplify objects…
One of the greatest scientists of all time, Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de’ Galilei lived during the 16th and 17th centuries. His scientific contributions have a profound impact in modern science, not only because of his specific discoveries in physics and astronomy, but by the methodical way he approached his research, forming the basis of…
Archimedes of Syracuse was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer, who lived during the third century B.C. In this essay by the Russian-born American scientist Isaac Asimov from his book Breakthroughs in Science, he talks about the life and achievements of Archimedes. I transcribed in Simplified Gregg for the blog. Attachment: archimedes-I-can-move-the-world.pdf
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