by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News, Inspiration, Life 201
“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house… ” is the way the classic poem by Major Henry Livingston Jr. 1748 – 1828, begins. Over the years, 849 variations have been created each with different spins and Matthew Monroe has...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Astonishing Science News
The earth rotates, sweeping the star field across the sky. If we take a long exposure of the stars, with the camera stationary, the stars will appear as star trails in the image. We can estimate the length of the trail on our image. This is a useful number if we want...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 24, 2013 | Inspiration
Looking for an astronomy class a little beyond the basics, but not requiring a PhD and taught by the experts? Here are four recommendations that are “out of this world.” Formal school may have ended for many of us, but the thirst for more science knowledge,...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 23, 2013 | Inspiration
I’ve never given up my thirst for learning more about what interests me in the world. I went to school in Cambridge, MA, where there are 30 large universities in the area, each with weekly talks and seminars. I used to hop from seminar to seminar, eating the...
by Eric Bogatin | Feb 23, 2013 | Astonishing Science News, What Works
When you are all alone in the middle of the wilderness, how do you hook-up a camper to your car’s hitching ball? If the camper is not secured, you will be stranded in the middle of nowhere. I found a simple method, using a web cam dangling from the back of the...
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