40 Years Ago Today

Apollo 11, the mission that culminated with the first landing on the moon, was launched.

You can watch and listen to the events in real-time + 40 years at this website:

We Choose the Moon

The NASA website also has a page commemorating the Apollo mission's 40th anniversary here:

NASA - Apollo

Also check out:

Google Moon

Galen (129-200 AD)

Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick

Eratosthenes (287-192 BC)

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
1994, Little Brown Publishing, 48 pages, hardcover

This is a fascinating story, told for children and fully illustrated (beautiful full color pictures with interesting and at times humorous details) of the Greek Scientist, Mathematician and Astronomer - Eratosthenes.

Archimedes (290-212 BC)

Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
1962, Bethlehem Books, Sewn Softcover, 142 pages

Archimedes, the reknowned ancient Greek Scientist and Mathematician, had an enormous impact on all science and math since his time. This is his story, simply and even humorously told.

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