Unions, Feminism, and Margaret Dreier Robins
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about Margaret Dreier Robins and the National Women’s Trade Union League.
Posted in: Business, Women's History
Archive: April 2019 (5 Posts)
Back to the Moon! NASA Scientist Noah Petro to Talk April 30 about Apollo at 50 and the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was authored by Stephanie Marcus, Science Reference Librarian in the Science, Technology, and Business Division. 50 years ago on July 20, 1969, around 530 million of us watched in amazement as first Neil Armstrong and then Buzz Aldrin left the lunar module Eagle and stepped out on the surface of the moon. Michael …
Posted in: Aeronautics/Astronautics, Lunchtime Lectures and Videos
2019 NASA Goddard Earth & Space Science Talks Announced
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Science Reference Specialist Stephanie Marcus. The Science, Technology and Business Division is partnering with NASA Goddard for the thirteenth year of earth and space science lectures. The eight talks will be held in the Mary Pickford Theater in the Library’s James Madison Building. Each will be recorded and available at …
Posted in: Lunchtime Lectures and Videos, Science
“The Earth Itself Is a Great Magnet”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
This post was written by Science Reference Specialist Nate Smith. Lately there has been a lot of discussion about the migration of the magnetic north pole. The magnetic north pole is different from the geographic North Pole and is part of the much larger magnetic field of the Earth. Not only do the magnetic poles …
Posted in: Science
The Annex – “400 Feet by 225 Feet”
Posted by: Ellen Terrell
Read about the "new" Annex Building from 1936.
Posted in: John Adams Building