Monthly Archives: October 2018

Neil Degrasse Tyson

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Neil Degrasse Tyson 1958 (age 60 years), Spouse: Alice Young (m. 1988) Education: Columbia University (1991), Neil deGrasse Tyson is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Since 1996, he has been the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden … Continue reading →

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Carl Edward Sagan

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Carl Edward Sagan 1934, Brooklyn, New York -1996 age 62 of pneumonia, He was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. He is best known for his work as … Continue reading →

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The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and … Continue reading →

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China opens mega-bridge linking Hong Kong to the mainland

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

China opens mega-bridge linking Hong Kong to the mainland On my recent visit to my son’s little family in Hong Kong, I had the amazing pleasure of Viewing a portion of this engineering project. In one segment of the section … Continue reading →

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 1770-1831 age 61 Born Stuttgart, Württemberg, Germany and died, Berlin), German Quote: Whatever is reasonable is true, and whatever is true is reasonable. He was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism. He … Continue reading →

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Immanuel Kant

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Immanuel Kant 1724-1804 age 80 Born Königsberg, Prussia [now Kaliningrad, Russia] Quote: “He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.” He … Continue reading →

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Henrik Johan Ibsen

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Henrik Johan Ibsen 1828-1906 age 78 He was a Norwegian playwright, theater director, and poet. As one of the founders of Modernism in theater, Ibsen is often referred to as “the father of realism” and one of the most influential … Continue reading →

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Posted on October 27, 2018 by beaugrand

Arthur Conan Doyle. 1859–1930 age 71 Quote: How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth? He was a Scottish writer and physician and in addition to … Continue reading →

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New Colossus

Posted on October 17, 2018 by beaugrand

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” Emma Lazarus’ In the early … Continue reading →

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“Melanchroes”

Posted on October 17, 2018 by beaugrand

“Melanchroes”. You will find translations where ‘black skinned and woolly-haired’ are used, but the termme lanchroes, which was translated to mean black in some versions, was used to describe any skin tone from bronzed to black, and through usage translates … Continue reading →