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An acknowledgment to Dr Michio Kaku

By Marion Posted on October 13, 2019 Posted in My books, STEM

Special thanks to Dr Michio Kaku —  For after reading  your book, Physics of the Impossible,  I realized that I was writing a “Class II impossibility” children’s book, and that Rachael, Jenny, and Melanie, exist in a “Type III civilization.” …

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Is the evening sky doomed?

By Marion Posted on August 21, 2019 Posted in STEM

Is the evening sky doomed? As we grow accustomed to light pollution, we become less aware of what we are missing. Dr. Kelsey Johnson, an astrophysicist, writes about the growing global amount of artificial light at night. Even though I …

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Cecilia Payne – paying tribute to a female physicist

By Marion Posted on August 19, 2019 Posted in STEM

Cecilia Payne made a long and lonely journey from her childhood in England to prominence in a scientific community that begrudged a place to women. She began her scientific career with a scholarship to Cambridge University, where she took the …

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Hedy Lamarr – Frequency Hopping Communication System

By Marion Posted on August 12, 2019 Posted in STEM

Beauty and Brains I discovered these facts several years ago, as part of research on my WWII site, VI Corps Combat Engineers. Happy to share the facts about Hedy. US Patent No. 2,292,387 Inducted in 2014 Born November 9, 1914 …

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In honor of Chris Kraft

By Marion Posted on August 7, 2019 Posted in STEM

I have been so busy these past few weeks, that I failed to acknowledge the passing of one of my heroes, Chris Kraft, the first flight director for NASA, and the creator of the concept of Mission Control. He was …

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What the space program offered the world!

By Marion Posted on July 21, 2019 Posted in STEM

You’ve probably heard people say (and maybe you are one of them), “The space program is a waste of money…” Well, I’m always one to jump in and say, “Take a look around your house, your job, the world. What …

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