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Infrared radiation was discovered by William Herschel in 1800

Posted on 2018/12/24 by Carl Robitaille

Infrared radiation was discovered by William Herschel in 1800. He used a prism to refract sunlight and held a thermometer just beyond the red end of the spectrum. This thermometer – meant to be a control to measure the room temperature – recorded the highest temperature of all pic.twitter.com/3dXxPW3nCy
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) December 24, 2018

The Canyon That Humans Made By Accident

Posted on 2018/12/24 by Carl Robitaille

Earthrise

Posted on 2018/12/21 by Carl Robitaille

"Earthrise". Imagined in 1929 by Fritz Lang in the film 'Frau im Mond', & photographed by W. Anders, Apollo 8, Christmas eve, 1968. pic.twitter.com/pmToTMiWcy
— Dallas Campbell (@dallascampbell) October 18, 2017

Le nom de Maurice Richard n’est plus sur la coupe Stanley

Posted on 2018/12/17 by Carl Robitaille

Le nom de Maurice Richard n'est plus sur la coupe Stanley. Triste journée. https://t.co/Lqlf0NvVvO
— Jonathan Bernier (@JBernierJDM) December 17, 2018

What Islamic Golden Age Thinkers Discovered Long before the West

Posted on 2018/12/17 by Carl Robitaille

What Islamic Golden Age Thinkers Discovered Long before the West

Heard of Copernicus? Fibonacci? Sure. But what about Ibn al-haytham, al-Bīrūni, or al-razi – the often uncredited Arab scholars who inspired and informed their discoveries? https://t.co/QVO1pGmmZ3 pic.twitter.com/5eLmaHWvPV
— Information is Beautiful (@infobeautiful) December 17, 2018

Dimmer Switches: Secretly Strobe Lights

Posted on 2018/12/16 by Carl Robitaille

Empty spacecuit

Posted on 2018/12/14 by Carl Robitaille

FUN FACT:

On February 2006 a very peculiar Satellite was launched from the ISS. SuitSat was an empty spacecuit that belonged to a retired Russian astronaut with a radio transmitter mounted on its helmet. It stayed in orbit for 7 months before re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/tfk7STyTpI
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) December 14, 2018

Doom Turns 25: The FPS That Wowed Players, Gummed Up Servers, and Enraged Admins

Posted on 2018/12/11 by Carl Robitaille

Doom Turns 25: The FPS That Wowed Players, Gummed Up Servers, and Enraged Admins

Mistaken for homework

Posted on 2018/12/08 by Carl Robitaille

In 1939, George Dantzig, a graduate student at UC Berkeley, solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Neyman. The two problems ended up being his entire PhD thesis. pic.twitter.com/0K6wkDgey0
— Fermat's Library (@fermatslibrary) December 8, 2018

How an Amateur Built the World’s Biggest Dome

Posted on 2018/12/06 by Carl Robitaille