This is an oddly progressive ad in that it says they are looking for men and women. Most just say men. Of course, it’s in the middle of nowhere, so they might have been running short of girls.
YEAR XIV…
…IN THE AGE OF NUCLEAR AND THERMONUCLEAR DEVELOPMENT
Interested in it? So are we!
For here at world-famous Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, responsible for unleashing the terrifying power of the atom, we are now pioneering in harnessing this power for beneficial uses.
There is exciting adventure in the application of nuclear and thermonuclear energy to weapons, power and propulsion. Supporting these diverse activities here at Los Alamos are many challenging projects in basic physics, chemistry, metallurgy, mathematics and engineering.
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I presume this article is talking about a neutron star, the idea of which was only about two years old at this point. Neutrons had only been discovered four years previously, in 1932.
However, since the first neutron star wasn’t discovered until 1965, it would seem that Kuiper was wrong. And yes, he is the person the Kuiper Belt is named after.
Update: As Jari points out in the comments, he was probably talking about a white dwarf star, not a neutron star. You’d think after listening to 200+ episodes of Astronomy Cast I’d have known better. It does, however, give me a chance to plug my favorite podcast, so that’s a plus.
Star Smaller Than the Earth
AFTER centuries in which they thought the Sun a very small body (one early scientist was banished for estimating it to be a hundred miles across) men reconciled themselves to the fact that it is more than a million times the size of the Earth. And the further shocking fact became apparent, that there are stars a million times larger (in volume) than the Sun. It is therefore somewhat reassuring to our pride that a star has been found, by Dr. Kuiper of Harvard, which he calculates to be smaller than Read the rest of this entry »
Celebrity Basement Bridge doesn’t really have the same ring to it.
Bridge Games Shown from Life on Screen
FOLKS who enjoy playing the game of bridge will soon be able to step into their favorite movie theaters and watch an actual bridge game being played on the movie screen. It will be a picture from life, not a mere movie—the players will be located in the basement of the theater, and the scene shown will be an actual reproduction of their plays, flashed upon the screen by an ingenious arrangement of lights and mirrors. Read the rest of this entry »
Last year a group of high school students in Girona Spain launched a camera carrying balloon to over 19 miles in altitude, and got much better pictures.
The headline implies that the rocket went to a height of 65 miles, but the text says “65-mile flight” which is not exactly the same thing.
Armored Camera Survives V-2 Flight, Photographs Earth at 65-Mile Height
A motion-picture record of the 65-mile flight of a V-2 rocket launched in New Mexico, was produced by a standard American-made DeVry 35-mm camera. The camera was mounted in the midsection of the V-2 and aimed at an angle of 16-1/2 degrees to the axis of the rocket. Read the rest of this entry »
It really seem that big. Also, what’s with all the Eiffel towers?
Though this would be perfect for Relativistic Statistical Arbitrage
French Engineer Plans Huge Floating Mid-Ocean City
WHEN the continents of the world have become overcrowded and trans-oceanic airplane travel is as common as travel by steamers at present, we may see the establishment of huge mid-ocean cities such as is shown in the above drawing, which illustrates the plans recently made by Leon Feoquinos, a French engineer of Marseilles. Read the rest of this entry »
Meat Poetry about a meat Parade from the Meat Team. What more could you possibly ask for in an ad?
Update: While we’re on the topic of meat, I highly recommend watching This is Hormel.
Your Meat Team
From Farm To Home Plate
This is the land of teamwork and teams,
Teams of work as well as of play;
For it’s pulling together at game or job
That means the American Way.
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