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Einstein’s Letter To Roosevelt: Why We Created the Atomic Bomb

Albert Einstein sent the following letter to US President Roosevelt in 1939. The fear of Germans acquiring nuclear technology, explained below, is considered to be the motivation for the U.S.’ creation...

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A View of World History Through Wikipedia

See history unfold through Wikipedia through space and time. Every mention of a location or date anywhere in any article across all of Wikipedia was extracted and each location connected to the closest...

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Don’t be so short sighted as to fear change!

“I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves...

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The history of our world in 18 minutes

Backed by stunning illustrations, David Christian narrates a complete history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the Internet, in a riveting 18 minutes. This is “Big History”: an enlightening,...

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50 years since man landed on the moon

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong, Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins formed the American crew that...

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