Library section change…
In these times, when mad men like Putin and Trump can become presidents of powerful nations, is should be no surprise to read the following note in your Public Library:
Categorie: Texts in English/Engels
Some texts are in English, most of them in Dutch / Op deze site zijn er berichten in het Engels (slechts een paar), maar de meeste in het Nederlands
On a difficult day…
“Today was a Difficult Day,” said Pooh. There was a pause. “Do you want to talk about it?” asked Piglet.
Ukraine 2022
A mural featuring the colours of the Ukraine flag and its capital Kyiv has appeared on a street in Cardiff.
Where is everybody?
In the book “Aliens: the World’s leading scientists in search for extraterrestrial life” by Jim Al Khalili I read the following anecdote
The Pioneer Plaque impact
The Pioneer Plaque impact In Carl Sagan’s publication Cosmic Connection (1975) he reveals some of the background and impact of the design
Modern METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
In 1932, Karl Jansky serendipitously observed radiation coming from the Milky Way at Bell Labs, thereby inaugurating the science of radio astronomy.
Talking to Aliens?!
In 1961, nine of the smartest individuals in the United States received a rather unusual letter in the mail. It consisted of a long string of binary digits and a short message: “Here is a hypothetical message received from outer space. It contains 551 zeros and ones. What does it mean?” Neither the sender nor his recipients knew it at the time, but this letter would later serve as the prototype for the first message for extraterrestrial intelligence ever broadcast into space. Its initial test run on Earth, however, was a total failure.
How Scientists Could Tell the World if They Find Alien Life
Some of the text below is from an article on the site of the Scientific American of November 10, 2021. Sparked by
A short history of UFOs in America
Below is an article that appeared on the CNN News site. UFOs are real! Just ask the US Navy. The US Navy
Very Short Introductions
Oxford’s Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects – from Public Health to Buddhist