David Nightingale : The Berlin Airlift
There are at least two famous airlifts associated with World War II. In 1942, when the last route from India to China was cut off, FDR made the decision that it was imperative China receive armaments...
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Settling into my seat on an Airbus, I wished that the 8-hour return from Europe could be more like 3 1/2 hours, as I'd heard the SSTs used to take. Those SSTs -- Tupolevs and Concordes -- first flew...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale - Lucretius (~99 - ~55 BCE)
Lucretius, Roman poet, was born around 99 BCE. Sometimes people are remembered for one thing – and with Lucretius it was his long poem “De Rerum Natura” -- “on natural things”. His poem is about...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: 2 Hospitals
In the 19th century, Joseph Henry, first director of the Smithsonian, refused any salary increases, saying that public servants were there to serve, rather than to enrich themselves. Now, there are...
View ArticleListener Comment Line - Week of September 17, 2012
You had a lot to say on the WAMC listener comment line this week on everything from Joe Donohue's interview with Jesse Ventura, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's '47 %' remarks, and...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786 - 1853)
And who was the 25th President of France? Well, I guess this is information for TV's “Jeopardy”, but it was the physicist Dominique Francois Jean Arago, born 50 years after the birth of another...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale : The Berlin Airlift
There are at least two famous airlifts associated with World War II. In 1942, when the last route from India to China was cut off, FDR made the decision that it was imperative China receive armaments...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale - SSTs
Settling into my seat on an Airbus, I wished that the 8-hour return from Europe could be more like 3 1/2 hours, as I'd heard the SSTs used to take. Those SSTs -- Tupolevs and Concordes -- first flew...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale - Lucretius (~99 - ~55 BCE)
Lucretius, Roman poet, was born around 99 BCE. Sometimes people are remembered for one thing – and with Lucretius it was his long poem “De Rerum Natura” -- “on natural things”. His poem is about...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: 2 Hospitals
In the 19th century, Joseph Henry, first director of the Smithsonian, refused any salary increases, saying that public servants were there to serve, rather than to enrich themselves. Now, there are...
View ArticleListener Comment Line - Week of September 17, 2012
You had a lot to say on the WAMC listener comment line this week on everything from Joe Donohue's interview with Jesse Ventura, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's '47 %' remarks, and...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786 - 1853)
And who was the 25th President of France? Well, I guess this is information for TV's “Jeopardy”, but it was the physicist Dominique Francois Jean Arago, born 50 years after the birth of another...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: Asteroid DA14
The asteroid “DA14”, which will hurtle past us sometime after lunch today, was discovered by Spanish observers last year. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleDavid Nightingale : The Berlin Airlift
There are at least two famous airlifts associated with World War II. In 1942, when the last route from India to China was cut off, FDR made the decision that it was imperative China receive armaments...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale - SSTs
Settling into my seat on an Airbus, I wished that the 8-hour return from Europe could be more like 3 1/2 hours, as I'd heard the SSTs used to take. Those SSTs -- Tupolevs and Concordes -- first flew...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale - Lucretius (~99 - ~55 BCE)
Lucretius, Roman poet, was born around 99 BCE. Sometimes people are remembered for one thing – and with Lucretius it was his long poem “De Rerum Natura” -- “on natural things”. His poem is about...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: 2 Hospitals
In the 19th century, Joseph Henry, first director of the Smithsonian, refused any salary increases, saying that public servants were there to serve, rather than to enrich themselves. Now, there are...
View ArticleListener Comment Line - Week of September 17, 2012
You had a lot to say on the WAMC listener comment line this week on everything from Joe Donohue's interview with Jesse Ventura, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney's '47 %' remarks, and...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: Dominique Francois Jean Arago (1786 - 1853)
And who was the 25th President of France? Well, I guess this is information for TV's “Jeopardy”, but it was the physicist Dominique Francois Jean Arago, born 50 years after the birth of another...
View ArticleDavid Nightingale: Asteroid DA14
The asteroid “DA14”, which will hurtle past us sometime after lunch today, was discovered by Spanish observers last year. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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