My grandmother was a calculator, and I don�t mean to say I�m the newest from Texas Instruments. I mean my grandmother did calculations for a living, with pencil on paper, using a slide rule and logarithmic tables. She calculated the positions of stars on the night sky, for five minute intervals, day by day, digit by digit.
Today you can download one of a dozen free apps to display the night sky
Monday, 20 July 2015
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