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Dr. Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics to Speak on the Accelerating Universe This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a remarkable discovery that the Universe is accelerating as it expands. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian P. Schmidt, one of three people awarded this pr...

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Doctor Who Dalek designer Ray Cusick dies after illness The designer of the Daleks from the BBC's Doctor Who has died aged 84 after a short illness, his daughter has said. Read more As Cusick was a BBC employee at the time he de...

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Pythagoras Thu, 10 Dec 09 Duration: 42 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. With Ian Stewart, Serafina Cuomo and John OConnor. Download 20MB

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David S. McKay was Chief Scientist for Astrobiology at the Johnson Space Centre. During the Apollo program, McKay trained the first men to walk on the Moon in geology. McKay was the first author of a scientific paper postulating past life on Mars on the basis of evidence in Martian meteorite ALH 84001...

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Sethus Calvisius or Setho Calvisio, originally Seth Kalwitz (21 February, 1556 - 24 November, 1615) was a German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher of the late Renaissance. Calvisius was also a significant astronomer: in his Opus Chronologicum (Leipzig, 1605, 7th...

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Giordano Bruno (1548 - February 17, 1600), (Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus) born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreove...

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Reg Turnill: Veteran BBC aerospace correspondent dies Reg Turnill, the BBC's aerospace correspondent from the beginning of the space age and through the Apollo era, has died aged 97. After being sent to Moscow to cover the first manned space launch, he regularly reported from Cape Canaveral and Ho...

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Burkhard Heim (February 9, 1925 - January 14, 2001) was a German theoretical physicist. He devoted a large portion of his life to the pursuit of his unified field theory, Heim theory. One of his childhood ambitions was to develop a method of space travel, which contributed to his motivation to find su...

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James Roger Prior Angel (born February 7, 1941) is an American astronomer, and is Regents Professor and Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Read more

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Proclus Lycaeus (8 February 412 - 17 April 485 AD), called the Successor, was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism. Read more

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Hiroki Kosai (born 8 February 1933) is a Japanese astronomer with the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory The asteroid 3370 Kohsai is named in his honour. Read more

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Sir Sandford Fleming, KCMG (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor. He proposed worldwide standard time zones, designed Canada's first postage stamp, left a huge body of surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Ca...

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Vettius Valens (February 8, 120 - c. 175) was a 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer, a somewhat younger contemporary of Claudius Ptolemy. Valens' major work is the Anthology, ten volumes in Greek written roughly within the period 150 to 175. The Anthology is the longest and most detailed treatis...

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Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (June 29 (17 old style) by himself, June 16 (4 old style) by J. O'Conor in 1888, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - September 16, 1925, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. Read more

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Edwards flew on STS-89 (January 22-31, 1998), the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, during which the crew transferred more than 4,100 kg of scientific equipment, logistical hardware and water from Space Shuttle Endeavour to Mir. Read more

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	Dr. Brian Schmidt (Preview) Dr. Brian Schmidt, 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics to Speak on the Accelerating Universe This year's Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for a remarkable discovery that the Universe is accelerating as it expands. We are pleased to announce that Dr. Brian P. Schmidt, one of three people awarded this pr...	Blobrana	1	Feb 24 07:49 2013 by Blobrana
	Ray Cusick (1929 - 2013) (Preview) Doctor Who Dalek designer Ray Cusick dies after illness The designer of the Daleks from the BBC's Doctor Who has died aged 84 after a short illness, his daughter has said. Read more As Cusick was a BBC employee at the time he de...	Blobrana	0	Feb 24 07:22 2013 by Blobrana
	Pythagoras (Preview) Pythagoras Thu, 10 Dec 09 Duration: 42 mins Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. With Ian Stewart, Serafina Cuomo and John OConnor. Download 20MB	Blobrana	0	Feb 24 01:21 2013 by Blobrana
	David S. McKay (1936-2013) (Preview) David S. McKay was Chief Scientist for Astrobiology at the Johnson Space Centre. During the Apollo program, McKay trained the first men to walk on the Moon in geology. McKay was the first author of a scientific paper postulating past life on Mars on the basis of evidence in Martian meteorite ALH 84001...	Blobrana	1	Feb 22 10:12 2013 by Blobrana
	Sethus Calvisius (1556 - 1615) (Preview) Sethus Calvisius or Setho Calvisio, originally Seth Kalwitz (21 February, 1556 - 24 November, 1615) was a German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher of the late Renaissance. Calvisius was also a significant astronomer: in his Opus Chronologicum (Leipzig, 1605, 7th...	Blobrana	0	Feb 21 08:28 2013 by Blobrana
	Giordano Bruno (1548 - 1600) (Preview) Giordano Bruno (1548 - February 17, 1600), (Latin: Iordanus Brunus Nolanus) born Filippo Bruno, was an Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer. His cosmological theories went beyond the Copernican model in proposing that the Sun was essentially a star, and moreove...	Blobrana	0	Feb 17 08:04 2013 by Blobrana
	Reg Turnill (1915 - 2013) (Preview) Reg Turnill: Veteran BBC aerospace correspondent dies Reg Turnill, the BBC's aerospace correspondent from the beginning of the space age and through the Apollo era, has died aged 97. After being sent to Moscow to cover the first manned space launch, he regularly reported from Cape Canaveral and Ho...	Blobrana	1	Feb 14 00:51 2013 by Blobrana
	Burkhard Heim (1925 - 2001) (Preview) Burkhard Heim (February 9, 1925 - January 14, 2001) was a German theoretical physicist. He devoted a large portion of his life to the pursuit of his unified field theory, Heim theory. One of his childhood ambitions was to develop a method of space travel, which contributed to his motivation to find su...	Blobrana	1	Feb 9 07:33 2013 by Blobrana
	Roger Angel (Preview) James Roger Prior Angel (born February 7, 1941) is an American astronomer, and is Regents Professor and Professor of Astronomy and Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 9 05:39 2013 by Blobrana
	Proclus Lycaeus (412 - 485) (Preview) Proclus Lycaeus (8 February 412 - 17 April 485 AD), called the Successor, was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Classical philosophers. He set forth one of the most elaborate and fully developed systems of Neoplatonism. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 8 07:54 2013 by Blobrana
	Hiroki Kosai (Preview) Hiroki Kosai (born 8 February 1933) is a Japanese astronomer with the Tokyo Astronomical Observatory The asteroid 3370 Kohsai is named in his honour. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 8 07:50 2013 by Blobrana
	Sandford Fleming (1827 - 1915) (Preview) Sir Sandford Fleming, KCMG (January 7, 1827 - July 22, 1915) was a Scottish-born Canadian engineer and inventor. He proposed worldwide standard time zones, designed Canada's first postage stamp, left a huge body of surveying and map making, engineered much of the Intercolonial Railway and the Ca...	Blobrana	1	Feb 8 07:56 2013 by Blobrana
	Vettius Valens (120 - 175) (Preview) Vettius Valens (February 8, 120 - c. 175) was a 2nd-century Hellenistic astrologer, a somewhat younger contemporary of Claudius Ptolemy. Valens' major work is the Anthology, ten volumes in Greek written roughly within the period 150 to 175. The Anthology is the longest and most detailed treatis...	Blobrana	0	Feb 8 07:54 2013 by Blobrana
	Alexander Friedmann (1888 - 1925) (Preview) Alexander Alexandrovich Friedmann (June 29 (17 old style) by himself, June 16 (4 old style) by J. O'Conor in 1888, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire - September 16, 1925, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician. Read more	Blobrana	1	Feb 8 03:42 2013 by Blobrana
	Joe Frank Edwards, Jr. (Preview) Edwards flew on STS-89 (January 22-31, 1998), the eighth Shuttle-Mir docking mission, during which the crew transferred more than 4,100 kg of scientific equipment, logistical hardware and water from Space Shuttle Endeavour to Mir. Read more	Blobrana	0	Feb 3 09:00 2013 by Blobrana
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