Category: biography
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“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) “Cargo Cult Science“, adapted from a 1974 Caltech commencement address; also published in Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!, p. 343 From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.”…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 26 February – 3 March (no. 27)
Follow for a weekly list of forthcoming astronaut* birthdays. Maybe you share a birthday?! If not, perhaps it will be you who adds your name to the list?! If you do share a birthday, what does it mean to you? Do you feel a connection, pride? They take to the skies (on controlled explosions) to…
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“The most remarkable discovery in all of astronomy is that the stars are made of atoms of the same kind as those on the earth.”
– Richard P. Feynman (11 May 1918 – 15 Feb 1988) From the Manhattan Project to the Challenger investigation, the physicist and Nobel Laureate Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some more Feynman in our…
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 19 – 25 February (no. 26)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 12 – 18 February (no. 25)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 5 – 11 February (no. 24)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 29 January – 4 February (no. 23)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 22 – 28 January (no. 22)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 15 – 21 January (no. 21)
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Do you share a birthday with an astronaut? 8 – 14 January (no. 20)
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