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Category Archives: History
The scientific tourist #197 — Ike’s ride
Another interesting bit of history from the South Dakota Air and Space Museum — a B-25J “Mitchell III” bomber, converted into a transport for General Dwight Eisenhower during WWII…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged aircraft, History, South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Technology, U.S. Air Force, World War II, WWII
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Carnivalia — 10/12 – 10/18
Posted in Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, Foundations of science, History, Humanity, Math
Tagged Astronomy, Biology, Carnivalia, History, Humanity, Math
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The scientific tourist #196 — the F-86H “Sabre”
Should you ever be in South Dakota to see Mount Rushmore, I’d recommend you take a quick side trip to the metropolis of Box Elder to see the South Dakota Air and Space Museum…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged History, South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Technology
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The scientific tourist #194 — da Vinci’s tank
This week’s image is from a traveling exhibition in Florence, Italy — it’s a model of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Armored Car” (tank) concept…
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism, Technology
Tagged History, invention, Leonardo da Vinci, Technology
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Casual Friday — a 3D rendered film, from 1972!
A pioneering piece of computer animation from the very early days of the technology…
Carnivalia 9/21 – 9/27
A day late (if not a dollar short), here’s the past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals for you
The scientific tourist #193 — Canopic jars, in Italy
A set of Canopic jars in the Museo Archeologico Centrale dell’ Etruria in Fiorenze (Florence), Italy.
Posted in History, Sci / Tech Tourism
Tagged Fiorenze, Florence, History, Museo Archeologico Centrale dell' Etruria
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The scientific tourist #192 — bad, bad lands
From the southwest corner of South Dakota comes today’s image for you — a landscape panorama the Badlands…
Casual Friday — Apollo landing sites revisited, again!
You might recall that two years back, the LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) spacecraft team released some images of Apollo lunar landing sites. But these were relatively low-resolution images, taken from about 70 miles above the surface.
Well, the LRO spacecraft (and its human support team) have done that one better, and have taken more site images from a much lower altitude — about 14 miles (22 km), roughly twice the altitude of a commercial airliner flight back on Earth. And boy, are they impressive!
Carnivalia — 8/23 – 8/31
Posted in Carnivalia, Geology, History, Humanity
Tagged Carnivalia, Geology, History, Humanity
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