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Man troubles: making sense of the men's movement. (Cover Story)
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July 1, 1994|
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Mas*cu*lism, n. 1. the belief that equality between the sexes requires the recognition and redress of prejudice and discrimination against men as well as women. 2. the movement organized around this belief.
Not to worry: This word is not in the dictionary. But it would be if the decision were up to Warren Farrell, Jack Kammer, and others activists in the men's movement.
The men's movement? Even the term evokes ambivalent feelings. Whenever, while working on this article, I mentioned that I was writing about the men's movement and added, "but not the guys who go ...
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BENEATH ALEXANDRIA'S SAPPHIRE SKY.(Alexandria, Egypt; 255 B.C. - scientific discourse)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ...discoveries formed the basis of much scientific thought]: Aristarchus of Samos: chief astronomer of the Great Library of Alexandria...of Ptolemy II PLACE: Alexandria, Egypt SETTING: Aristarchus is holding a symposium with his best students. Numerous...
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The first aircraft? Not quite Wright..; WE LOOK AT RIVAL CLAIMS TO THE WORLD'S GREAT DISCOVERIES.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...THE SUN Title holder: Nicolai Copernicus Rival: Aristarchus of Samos The belief that the Earth was the centre of the...beg to differ. In around 250 BC a bold scholar, Aristarchus of Samos, risked execution by stating that the Earth was...
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The first aircraft? Not quite Wright.. The others of invention; WE LOOK AT RIVAL CLAIMS TO THE WORLD'S GREAT DISCOVERIES.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...THE SUN Title holder: Nicolai Copernicus Rival: Aristarchus of Samos The belief that the Earth was the centre of the...beg to differ. In around 250 BC a bold scholar, Aristarchus of Samos, risked execution by stating that the Earth was...
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Letter: Ptolemy's heliocentric universe
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...similar to the Earth and matter composed of atoms; Aristarchus of Samos (c.270BC) asserted that the Sun is the centre of the solar system and the planets revolve round it. Aristarchus estimated the distance of the Sun from the Earth...
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The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way.(Excerpt)
Magazine article from: The Science Teacher
; ...concept of an Earth-centered universe. So, like Aristarchus of Samos (who was about 23 years older), Archimedes believed...revolve around the Sun. (We wouldn't know about Aristarchus if Archimedes hadn't written about him.) Archimedes...
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BRIGHT SIGHTS IN THE SKY, NEAR AND FAR
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...to the moon from how big the Earth's shadow appears on the moon's face during a lunar eclipse. From there, Aristarchus of Samos took the next step by measuring the angle between the moon and the sun when the moon appeared exactly half-lit...
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Try This Bowl-Shaped Sundial.(skaphe)
Magazine article from: Calliope
; ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS, THE MATHEMATICIAN WHO PROPOSED THE THEORY THAT THE SUN AND STARS DO NOT MOVE AND THAT THE EARTH moves around the sun, is often...
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Technoquest
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...travel round the Sun? A About 570 million miles (900 million kilometres). The first measurement was made by Aristarchus of Samos in about 270BC. He measured the position of the Sun relative to the Moon when the Moon was half full. From this...
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GONE GREEK; The farce that launched a 1000 dips
Newspaper article from: Boise Weekly
; ...Jason ... I swear, about all the stories you'd every need to hear, the Greeks told first. And did you know Aristarchus of Samos figured out the Earth revolves around the sun 19 centuries before some churchy goons forced Galileo to renounce...
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Checking Out Venus, but Not Taking Her Measurements; Once Used to Compute Earth-Sun Distance, Planet's 'Transit' Is Still a Great Show
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Venus" to compute the exact distance from Earth to the sun, a problem that had captivated astronomers ever since Aristarchus of Samos made a wildly inaccurate calculation 2,300 years ago. (He did determine -- quite accurately -- that the sun...
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