Heavy stuff
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Astronomer Johannes Kepler and physicist Isaac Newton are connected together by events, personalities and research which all point to a single direction, the discovery of gravity, both as a force which holds heavenly bodies in each other's orbits and the same force which acts to govern the flow of fluids in cylinders.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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Waving the flag
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The connection between the French support for the American revolution, the introduction of footlights, the development of the Julian period of time/event chronology, translation of Anacreon's poetry and to the composition of the 'Star Spangled Banner' is traced through the persons involved.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Rebellious affairs
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The connection between the actuarial sciences and Folger's coffee is traced through its links in historical personalities, events and discoveries. Part of the connection includes the establishment of Australia as a penal colony.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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