Philosophy
Van Gogh's mystery star at the White House
It has all the ingredients of a cloak-and-dagger mystery: a long-missing art masterpiece, Nazi oppression, Communist secrecy, and, finally, what the heck is that star in the sky anyway? But the historical puzzle that spans more than a century and crosses several international borders was not solved by double agents in trench coats. Instead, it was carefully pieced together by honors students and their professors.
Class solves historical art, astronomy mysteryStarry Night
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Cbs Radio Mystery Theater Presents "murder On The Space Shuttle"
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater presents Jacques Futrell's "Murder on the Space Shuttle" dramatized by Lewis, G. Frederick and staring Velia Greay, Gordon Heath, Paul Hecht, and Gilbert Mack. Episode #1169 first aired on March 9th, 1981. "Murder on...
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"stonewall" Jackson's Death Resolved By Astronomy
"How astronomy solved a Civil War mystery" Why did Confederate troops shoot their own general, 'Stonewall' Jackson? The position of the moon played a big role, an astronomer discovers. by Clara Moskowitz May 2nd, 2013 The Christian Science...
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What A Group: Day, Greene, Flatow, Tyson, Krauss, Dawkins, Nye, Stephenson
Tracy Day, Brian Greene (standing), Ira Flatow, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Bill Nye, and Neal Stephenson at Arizona State University for the Origins Project's Origins Stories weekend. "Neil deGrasse Tyson on Van Gogh's...
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Van Gogh...accidental Shooting...book Review
"Van Gogh did not kill himself, authors claim" by Will Gompertz October 17th, 2011 BBC NEWS Vincent van Gogh did not kill himself, the authors of new biography Van Gogh: The Life have claimed. Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith say that, contrary...
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Egyptian Astronomy
In conjunction with the previous post it would be worthy to have a small glimpse of an astronomy older than the Greeks and one heavily embed in religion--Egyptian astronomy. Ev Cochrane: Horus' Star Hathor's Star: The Planet Venus in Egyptian...
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