What are the Seven Seas? Sounds like a rather simple question to answer, but like most things in life it’s not. The phrase, “sail the seven seas” is an expression referring to traveling the oceans of the world. For some reason the number seven has a more than 4,000 year… Read more“Map Monday, What are the Seven Seas?”
Category: Science
Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?
During the anniversary week of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings Map Monday featured two different nuclear targeting scenarios for the US. It was not only the most popular Map Monday post, but also the most viewed post in the history of this blog. A writer with a bigger ego… Read more“Map Monday, Where are the world’s nuclear power plants?”
Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US
This Thursday marks the 70th anniversary of the first wartime use of a nuclear bomb. On Monday 6 August at 8:15 am the Enola Gay, a B-29 commanded by Colonel Paul Tibbets, dropped ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima Japan. Only about two pounds of the 141 pounds of U-235 (Enriched Uranium)… Read more“Map Monday, Nuclear bomb targets in the US”