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View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Colorful winter sunset
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Planet Earth and lunar moon from space
Where Did the Moon Come From?
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Timeline and Map of the Panama Canal
Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
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6 Small Kingdoms of the World
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Why We Celebrate MLK Day
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Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
Why Was Nazi Germany Called the Third Reich?

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Born January 27, 1829 • Wales • (Birthday in 4 days)
Died July 17, 1904 (aged 75) • Crowborough • England
John Herschel
Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet
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William Herschel
William Herschel
British-German astronomer
De la Rue
Warren De la Rue
British scientist and inventor
Edwin Hubble
Edwin Hubble
American astronomer
Karl Schwarzschild
Karl Schwarzschild
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Frank Schlesinger
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Max Wolf
Max Wolf
German astronomer
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn
Dutch astronomer
Gill, Sir David
Sir David Gill
Scottish astronomer
Herbert Hall Turner
British astronomer
Charles Messier
French astronomer
Barnard's star
Edward Emerson Barnard
American astronomer
Henry Draper
American astronomer
Robert Adamson
Scottish photographer
David Octavius Hill
Scottish painter
Linda McCartney
Linda McCartney
American photographer, musician, and entrepreneur
Arthur Stanley Eddington.
Arthur Eddington
British scientist
Lovell, Sir Bernard
Sir Bernard Lovell
English radio astronomer
Lucia Moholy
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).
Astronomy and Space Quiz
Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
All About Astronomy