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Linnaeus, The Name Giver
Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus was an early information architect. He believed that every kind of plant and animal on...
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Larva is actually a fairly poetic word in English that meant “mask” in Latin.
It comes from Carl Linnaeus, who first applied it to caterpillars,...
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Linnaeus’ flower clock was a garden plan hypothesized by Carolus Linnaeus that would take advantage of several plants that open or close their...
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If this isn’t a treehouse?
In the garden of the place where famous botanist, physician, and zoologist, Carl Linnaeus lived.
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On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 crew opened the door of the lunar module and Neil Armstrong stepped out onto the lunar surface. Armstrong’s radio back to Earth that his was ‘one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind’ became instantly one of the most quoted and known phrases uttered in the name of science. The Apollo program was started less than a decade earlier with success following success. Named by then NASA Director Abe Silverstein (who later said it was like naming his baby) after the Ancient Greek god known for knowledge and who was represented as a flaming chariot shooting across the sky. Hats off today to Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. All born in 1930 and still healthy and looking to the skies.
Thanks also to the flight crew:
Support crew
- Charlie Duke, Capsule Communicator (CAPCOM)
- Ronald Evans (CAPCOM)
- Owen K. Garriott (CAPCOM)
- Don L. Lind (CAPCOM)
- Ken Mattingly (CAPCOM)
- Bruce McCandless II (CAPCOM)
- Harrison Schmitt (CAPCOM)
- Bill Pogue
- Jack Swigert
Flight directors
- Cliff Charlesworth (Green Team), launch andEVA
- Gene Kranz(White Team), lunar landing
- Glynn Lunney(Black Team), lunar ascent
All images courtesy NASA, used with permission and in the public domain. Please copy and share!
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anniversary of one of...recorded human history.
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I got a text from my dad this morning, saying “Tranquility Base here,...Eagle has landed.”...
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