Today’s guest blog post is by science fiction and fantasy author Fran Wilde, who will be visiting the Library on Dec. 3 to talk about “Flights of Fantasy and Fact: Man-made Wings in Literature and History”. Wilde is also a technology consultant and former engineering and science writer. Her short fiction has appeared in publications …
In late 2007 the Dawn mission spacecraft launched and began the 1.8 billion mile journey to the giant asteroid Vesta, which it reached in 2011. It was the first spacecraft to orbit a main-belt asteroid. In March 2015 it completed another 990 million miles to the dwarf planet Ceres and was the first spacecraft to …
This is the cover of a recruitment booklet – Stenographers and Typists, Uncle Sam Needs You – published by the Army Service Forces in 1943. It provides an interesting window into Washington, D.C. during World War II. As they wrote: Uncle Sam does need you – badly. This is an opportunity for You, and an …
