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Yearly Archives: 2009

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  • 4 Dec 2009
    Paul Kinzer

    Amateur Astronomy: The Beginner’s Gift Guide

    Astronomy educator Paul Kinzer knows a thing or two about getting budding amateur astronomers out and observing. As the holidays roll around, here's his advice for the best gifts for beginning astronomers. Step one: *don't buy a telescope*.

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  • 2 Dec 2009
    Jeremy Bernstein

    Iran’s Hidden Path to the Bomb

    Writing for NYRBlog, nuclear weapons expert Jeremy Bernstein explains Iran's efforts to produce nuclear material -- something they're already doing at an alarming rate.

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  • 2 Dec 2009
    William E. Wallace

    Michelangelo Podcast Series #10

    In this weekly podcast series, Michelangelo expert William Wallace fills us in on great works of the master. Wallace is author of "Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times," available now!

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  • 1 Dec 2009
    Stephen H. Norwood

    Shades of 1938: Colleges quiet a critic of Islam

    In last Friday's Daily News, Stephen Norwood attacks Princeton and Columbia universities for their cancellations of speeches by Nonie Darwish - feminist and critic of radical Islam.

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  • 24 Nov 2009

    Happy 150th Bday, Origin!

    Happy birthday, Origin! 150 years ago today, Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection was published. We’ve released an anniversary edition, with an introduction by Jim Endersby. Endersby was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition this morning, listen here >>

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  • 24 Nov 2009
    William E. Wallace

    Michelangelo Podcast Series #9

    In this weekly podcast series, Michelangelo expert William Wallace discusses major works of the master. This week: the Florentine Pieta. Wallace is author of "Michelangelo: The Artist, the Man, and His Times".

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  • 23 Nov 2009

    Civil War Book Review: John Brown’s War Against Slavery

    The excellent Civil War Book Review of LSU recently posted Grady Atwater's review of Robert McGlone's John Brown's War Against Slavery.

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  • 23 Nov 2009

    Beautiful NASA video of weather systems

    Via Gizmodo: a gorgeous NASA composite of weather systems on earth, developed at Goddard with the Earth System Modeling Framework.

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