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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Scientific Tourist #79 — comparative rocketry
I thought this shot pretty well sums up the technological progress made during the 1960′s race to the moon…
Posted in Sci / Tech Tourism, Space, Technology
Tagged Apollo, Mercury spacecraft, rockets, Space, space race, Technology
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Casual Friday — Mercury sculptures
OK, a lot of people these days are concerned about too much mercury in the fish they eat. So it’s probably appropriate that when Theo Gray went to make some small, cast metal fish, he made them from mercury…
Posted in YouTubing
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Carnivalia — 6/17 – 6/23
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Critical thinking, History, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity, Space
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Scientific Tourist #78 — two firsts
From the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, models of Sputnik and Explorer I — the first (ever) artificial satellite, and the first U.S. satellite…
Carnivalia — 6/10 – 6/16
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Geology, Humanity, Space
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Geology, Humanity, Space
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Scientific Tourist #77 — at the foot of a giant
Posted in Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged architecture, cold war, Seattle, Technology
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Casual Friday — Feynman on learning and uncertainty
From a BBC interview, here’s Richard Feynman (Nobel prize winner) talking about his perspective on learning and uncertainty…
Scientific Tourist #76 — Baleen whale
From the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France comes this shot of the skeleton of a baleen whale…