Via My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck By Lightning(via Smithsonian Libraries: Joyeux anniversaire, Jules Verne!)
Science and Invention, Vol. VIII, No. 4, Aug. 1920 , 1920.
Today, February 8th, 2012, marks the 189th anniversary of the birth of French science fiction pioneer Jules Verne…
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Via HyperconectadoLibrarians go viral! This amazing quote is printed on a carpet at the Duke University Medical Center Library. The folks there posted it to their Facebook page, where it got picked up and reposted by best-selling author Neil Gaiman, library lover and source of the quote. Authors, libraries, librarians - it’s perfect!
A fictional work by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935). His work, both fictional and non-fictional, inspired the ‘rocket societies’ of the early 20th century (including pioneers like Werner von Braun).
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