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| NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 7 |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on this day. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. |
| Quotations for Today |
| "In a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is the ideology of adventure. But only a tiny number of Earth's six billion inhabitants are direct participants. For the rest of us, the adventure is vicarious and akin to that of watching a science fiction movie. At the end of the day, I ask myself whether the huge national commitment of technical talent to human spaceflight and the ever-present potential for the loss of precious human life are really justifiable." - American physicist in the quiz below (born 7 Sep 1914) "Take risks. Ask big questions. Don't be afraid to make mistakes; if you don't make mistakes, you're not reaching far enough." - David Packard, U.S. entrepreneur and electrical engineer who cofounded the Hewlett-Packard Company (born 7 Sep 1912) "Success is achievable without public recognition, and the world has many unsung heroes. The teacher who inspires you to pursue your education to your ultimate ability is a success. The parents who taught you the noblest human principles are a success. The coach who shows you the importance of teamwork is a success. The spiritual leader who instills in you spiritual values and faith is a success. The relatives, friends, and neighbors with whom you develop a reciprocal relationship of respect and support - they, too, are successes. The most menial workers can properly consider themselves successful if they perform their best and if the product of their work is of service to humanity." - Michael DeBakey, M.D., American physician, and pioneer cardiovascular surgeon (born 7 Sep 1908) |
| QUIZ |
| Births |
| An American physicist, born 7 Sep 1914, discovered radiation belts, two zones of radiation encircling the Earth, and brought about new understanding of cosmic radiation and its effects upon the Earth. What is the name of the physicist after whom these radiation belts are named? |
| (Friedrich) August Kekulé von Stradonitz was born 7 Sep 1829. He had intended to be an architect when he entered the University of Giessen but changed his career goals. What was his career field? |
| Deaths |
| Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799) was a Dutch physician and biochemist. What is his best known discovery? |
| Events |
| On 7 Sep of a certain year, Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby to be placed in an incubator. She weighed 2 pounds, 7 ounces. Originally, the incubator was called a "hatching cradle". What was the decade of this event? |
| Answers |
| When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the September 7 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for September 6: caesium; John Dalton; smokeless (so battles were not obscured by smoke clouds of gunpowder weapons); it was a German V-2 rocket captured in WW II; decade of 1879. |
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