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Paul Kinzer is back! In this installment of our Summer Stargazing Q&As, he answers our questions about the planets we might see tonight and cool deep space phenomena in the sky this summer.
Author Colin Howson talks to us about writing his latest book Objecting to God, researching probability and logic, his appreciation of Scottish writers, and a flying monk.
Trayvon Martin. The name resonates with tragedy. The tragedy resonates with dissent.
July is an important month for the people of Sudan. It marks the country’s 1956 independence from the British, the 2005 start of a transitional government that ended Africa’s longest civil war, and the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Sudan was also recently ranked the third most “failed state” in the world.
This Side of the Pond has had a major makeover...check out our new and improved Cambridge blog!
This week in our Summer Stargazing series, Paul Kinzer, author of Stargazing Basics, answers our questions about where and when to stargaze and what to look for. And he took all of these fantastic pictures!
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American teenager, was fatally shot by 28-year-old George Zimmerman. This past weekend, Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges--a ruling that has led millions to protest. This month, the Cambridge Book Club discusses On Dissent: Its Meaning in America. America is a nation that values, even protects dissent, but is far from agreeing on what dissent actually means.
With the anniversary of the Franco-Prussian war approaching this Wednesday, Alison Efford points out the parallels between that war and the War Between the States that was raging back home.
The Roman astronomer Ptolemy identified 48 constellations in the Almagest around 150 AD. Today, there are 88 on the official list of the International Astronomical Union. Since the days of ancient civilizations (think Homer, the pyramids, etc.), people have been watching the stars and telling stories about them. As a result, there are many varying and contradictory myths for different clusters of stars.
Our library marketing associate Marie C. just returned from the annual ALA conference. Here's her take on the conference, the librarians, and why she can't wait for the next one.
Texas reached a milestone this June as the state executed its 500th death-row inmate since 1976. The same week, the gay rights community celebrated a major victory after the Supreme Court declared the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional. The debates are far from over.
So you'd like to be an amateur astronomer? You love looking at the stars but aren't sure what to look for or what you're seeing? You just don't know where to start? Never fear, the Cambridge astronomy experts are here, armed with everything you ever wanted to know about stargazing.
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