On October 26, 1959, people got the first look at the far side of the Moon. The “far side of the Moon” is a reference to the fact from Earth, you can only see about 59% of the Moon’s surface. This is due to the Moon’s rotational speed is matched […]
Daily Archives: October 26, 2014
October 25 marks the passing of Evangelista Torricelli. Torricelli was the Italian mathematician and physicist who invented the barometer. Torricelli was sent as a young man to study under his uncle, a Camaldolese monk. Once he learned all his uncle could teach, his uncle arranged to have him educated at […]