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Surprised by Time

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:04:40 -0700

From the page: "Surprised by Time

. . . a little wine for remembrance . . . a little water for the dust

Outtakes from my work as a historian of the 15th-century intersection of the Byzantines, the Venetians, and the Ottomans."

News, Magazines, Newspapers, Journals, Reference Articles and Classic Books - Free Online Library

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:48:35 -0700

Since 2003, The Free Library has offered free, full-text versions of classic literary works from hundreds of celebrated authors, whose biographies, images, and famous quotations can also be found on the site.

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 06:06:04 -0700

A musical tribute to two great men of science. Carl Sagan and his cosmologist companion Stephen Hawking present: A Glorious Dawn - Cosmos remixed. Almost all samples and footage taken from Carl Sagan's Cosmos and Stephen Hawking's Universe series.

Thanks to vanvogt!!

Pictures of England

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:22:41 -0700

From the page: "Exploring the most beautiful parts of England with pictures, history, attractions and hotels"

FossilScience.com - Fossil Science News

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:08:51 -0700

Ancient History Revealed Through Fossils

Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally "having been dug up") are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. The totality of fossils, both discovered and undiscovered, and their placement in fossiliferous (fossil-containing) rock formations and sedimentary layers (strata) is known as the fossil record. The study of fossils across geological time, how they were formed, and the evolutionary relationships between taxa (phylogeny) are some of the most important functions of the science of paleontology.

English Heritage Images of England: a searchable photographic archive of the historic buildings of England

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:57:06 -0700

From the page: Welcome to Images of England

Images of England is a "point in time" photographic library of England's listed buildings, recorded at the turn of the 21st century.

You can view over 300,000 images of England's built heritage from lamp posts to lavatories, phone boxes to toll booths, mile stones to gravestones, as well as thousands of bridges, historic houses and churches.

ViewFinder - Home

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:48:55 -0700

From the page: "Welcome to ViewFinder

Use ViewFinder to find historic photographs of England.

The photographs on ViewFinder are all held by the National Monuments Record, the public archive of English Heritage. They date from the 1850s and are a resource for people interested in England's social, industrial, architectural and archaeological history."

British Museum - Welcome to the British Museum

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:47:50 -0700

This site has been developed to enable visitors to access and engage with the Museum's collection online and to provide practical information for people planning to visit the Museum.

Siriusly

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:44:26 -0700

From the page: "Controversial subjects - surrounded by a laughter curtain- peppered with misinformation, disinformation - but why ?

Anyone who knows anything about any of these subjects
knows there is much more to each of them, infinitely more
than is widely assumed, by the general public - or is it ?

Perhaps that is the biggest misassumption, and injustice,
that simple non-explanations are accepted by most people. "

just something to make you say...hmmmmm....

NASA - First Images from Rejuvenated Hubble

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:31:52 -0700

Astronomers have declared NASA's Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release of observations from four of its six operating science instruments. Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland unveiled the images today at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC.

"This marks a new beginning for Hubble," said Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate. "The telescope was given an extreme makeover and now is significantly more powerful than ever, well-equipped to last into the next decade."