The Trinity Site -- where the first atomic bomb was exploded on July 16, 1945 -- is 110 miles south of Albuquerque between the Oscura mountains on the east and the San Mateo mountains on the west. It is about 60 miles northwest of Alamogordo. The site is open to the public twice a year -- on the first Saturday in April and the first Saturday in October. The site was also open an extra day on July 16, 1995, the 50th anniversary of the test.
How the Shaman Stole the Moon (Bantam 1991) is my archaeoastronomy book, a dozen ways of predicting eclipses -- those paleolithic strategies for winning fame and fortune by convincing people that you're (ahem) on speaking terms with whoever runs the heavens
[658] THE attempt to form a just conception of the value of work done in any department of human knowledge, and of its significance as an indication of the intellectual and moral qualities of which it was the product, is an undertaking which must always be beset with difficulties, and may easily end in making the limitations of the appraiser more obvious than the true worth of that which he appraises. For the judgment of a contemporary is liable to be obscured by intellectual incompatibilities and warped by personal antagonisms; while the critic of a later generation, though he may escape the influence of these sources of error, is often ignorant or forgetful of, the conditions under which the labours of his predecessors have been carried on. He is prone to lose sight of the fact that without their clearing of the ground and rough-hewing of the foundation-stones, the stately edifice of later builders could not have been erected
Here is a collection of high resolution 400 dpi scans made by Mike Muuss for his Computer History archive. All of them were scanned on a Canon CLC-500 color scanner/printer
A website designed to survey relationships between literary works and natural history in the century before Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859)
Created by Ashton Nichols, Professor of English at Dickinson College, this interesting site should appeal to users in both the history of science and literature. Basically, the site explores connections between literary works and natural history in the century before Darwin's _Origin of the Species_. At the site, visitors will first find several essays by Ashton, some short case studies, and a timeline. The site also hosts two collections of short biographies of prominent natural historians, literary figures, and illustrators from the period. A bibliography is also provided. All of the site's content is thoroughly hyperlinked and generously illustrated, and links to related sites are provided throughout.
From the beginning of IT-history, a great deal of the IT key-solutions have been reaching worldwide market from California's Silicon Valley. There are several different approaches to describe this general IT-tendency.
This is a thorough analysis of the the history of the internet and the world wide web, often as told through the voices of inventors, early users, developers, engineers and others. Though the site is postmodern in nature - it has nine naratives which can be read together or seperately and fonts and colors change with some regularity, the information is accessible and rarely technical. Narratives are complimented by sketchs, maps, images and links to related sites with greater detail about specific subjects (like key individuals and events). The site has gotten many and consistent positive reviews and should be useful for those researching the history of the internet and world wide web.
The Cyberspace Museum is a virtual internet museum created by James Granahan. Its purpose is to exhibit paleontology and or planetary research and science information on the internet. The Cyberspace Museum is not currently associated with any other museum or institute
Although fixed-wing aircraft receive all the attention by most historians, helicopter flight was the first flight envisioned by man. In fact, the ancient Chinese were playing with a hand-spun toy that rose upward when revolved rapidly and as early as the mid 1500's, the great Italian inventor Leonardo Da Vinci had used his fertile mind to make drawings of a machine that we now know as the helicopter.
This remarkably deep site describes the history of helicopters from Leonardo Da Vinci to the present. A drop down menu at the top of the screen provides menus of links to essays describing helicopter companies, chronologies of six periods in the history of helicopters, essays on the mechanics of helicopter flight and the military uses of helicopters. Images accompany the essays throughout and the site also includes a section devoted to sound, video and 3D clips. This site also creates a virtual community with chat rooms and a listserve, and provides a search engine for quick access to the large amount of information in this site. It is an Argentinian site, however, thus English grammar is not always perfect here.
The Project Apollo Archive serves as an online reference source and repository of digital images pertaining to the historic manned lunar landing program. The Archive was created by Kipp Teague in February 1999 as a companion web site to his "Contact Light" personal retrospective on Project Apollo. The Archive is also companion to Eric Jones' comprehensive Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
This is a personal web page that features images and documents largely derived from NASA sources and repackaged in a fairly easy to use format. This sites begins with a chronology and moves through Appolo crews, images, diagrams and maps, hundreds of audio and audio-video clips, a simulation game and an area for a virtual community with yahoo sponsored listserves and a guestbook. This is a valuabe site for researchers looking for images and video clips. Other than brief descriptions that accompany images and clips, the site has no essays or articles. A left-side frame allows for easy navigation and most items tend to be in chronological order and so are fairly easy to find. The site does not have a search engine. The accompanying essay "Contact Light" is a personal reflection of the site's creator on the Appolo missions.
ZEPPELIN is a name that has passed on into cultural legend. Many have forgotten Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin after whom these ships are named, but very name evokes visions of giant passenger ships voyaging across land and sea.
