www.ralphalpher.com

<blockquote>History Channel Documentary on Cosmology and the Big Bang including Dr. Alpher to air September 4, 2007.
</blockquote>
<ul>[*]((History Channel) The Universe, Episode: Beyond the Big Bang)[/list]
<a href="http://www.union.edu/N/DS/s.php?s=7332">
"Big Bang pioneer Ralph Alpher dies following a long illness" (Union College)</a>


"Ralph Alpher, 86, Expert in Work on the Big Bang, Dies" (NY Times)...

<blockquote>"27 Storms: Arlene to Zeta" is a five-minute data visualization showing all 27 named storms of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season...</blockquote>

info: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hu.../index_prt.htm
video: http://learners.gsfc.nasa.gov/mediaviewer/27storms/

[I learned of this from http://www.scientificblogging.com/ne...s_in_5_minutes...

Galaxy Zoo

<blockquote>the project which harnesses the power of the internet - and your brain - to classify a million galaxies. By taking part, you'll not only be contributing to scientific research, but you'll view parts of the Universe that literally no-one has ever seen before and get a sense of the glorious diversity of galaxies that pepper the sky.</blockquote>

Interested in helping? Check out their How to Take Part tutorial

<a href="http://www.galaxyzoo.org/">...

With my interest in the teaching, the visualization, and [recently] the history of Relativity, I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon a 1923 film "The Einstein Theory of Relativity" [ links to video below ].





From (today's) Wikipedia entry on "The Einstein Theory of Relativity" (1923 film)...

News sources are reporting that
Television's 'Mr. Wizard' dies at 89.
Don Herbert, ‘Mr. Wizard’ to Science Buffs, Dies at 89


<a href="http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/">
http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/</a>
http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/bioandtimeline.htm



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