From prehistory, though antiquity and into the 21st century, all of history’s biggest chapters. Prehistory Prehistory Ancient Greece Ancient Greece Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt Ancient China Ancient China Ancient Middle East Ancient Middle East Ancient Americas Ancient Americas Ancient Rome Ancient Rome...
Intelsat satellites carry the first-ever live international video broadcast, the TV special “Our World.” The program concludes with the premiere performance of the Beatles singing “All You Need Is Love.” 1968: Mexico City Olympic Games Broadcast ...
Intelsat satellites carry the first-ever live international video broadcast, the TV special “Our World.” The program concludes with the premiere performance of the Beatles singing “All You Need Is Love.” 1968: Mexico City Olympic Games Broadcast ...
Future President Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the nation’s preeminent political theorist, is born on April 13, 1743. Historian and biographer Joseph Ellis has called Jefferson, who had a monumental role in shaping Ame
This chapter aims to show how diverse institutional influences, in a context where the impact of colonialism is ongoing, shape the social identities of young Indigenous people. Stereotypical images of Indigenous people pervade Australian society and the
His surveying techniques using triangulation allow him to measure the radius of the Earth as 6339.6 km, a value that would not be improved for 500 years. He suggests that the velocity of light is immense compared to that of sound. He theorises that the appearance of the Milky Way is due...
The National Museum, New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India. The museum has around 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, including paintings, sculptures, jewelry, ancient texts, armor, and decorative arts ranging from the pre-historic era to modern works — cov...
Martian history, althoughefforts to dig a heat-seeking probe (or "mole") below the surface turned up shortas the regolith was harder than expected. InSight also carriedthe first Martian cubesats, tiny satellites that hitchhiked along on the same launch to document InSight's landing from orbit....
The compass has helped humans to explore and navigate around the world. In today’s world of satellites and GPS, it may seem irrelevant, but it was an importantinventionin its day. However, the compass may have originally been created for spiritual purposes and only later adapted for navigatio...
ISRO’s chief executive is also chair of the Indian government’s Space Commission and the secretary of the Department of Space. The ISRO operates through a countrywide network of centers. Sensors and payloads are developed at the Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Satellites are ...