- Felix Baumgartner is planning on skydiving from the edge of space, at 120,000 feet above the ground. Aside from setting a new record, the jump could help develop and perfect technologies for escape systems on space vehicles, like the Space Shuttle, or future commercial space transport. [Read at SPACE.com]
- A picture of the July 11 solar eclipse visible during sunset from the Andes mountains. The eclipse was viewable in southern areas of South America and the Pacific Ocean. [See and read about the picture at APOD]
- In addition to the book Endless Universe
, I’ve also started to read Einstein’s Telescope
. The author, Evalyn Gates, discusses the presence of dark matter and dark energy. It is an interesting read so far since Gates presents the difficult topic with a good amount of explanation and also humor.
July 15, 2010
Reading List
Some of what I have been reading this week, both online and offline:
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