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A hodgepodge of tidbits about the history of science and technology: the players, their ideas and discoveries, the times, and the tools they made and used, and the people who have told us about uncovering these fascinating subjects. Collecting little pieces of history to see it the way they did. Also, comments about new ideas: past, present, and future.
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Copyright 2008, Friends of the Highbridge, LTD. A Tall Ship off the coast near Tofino, B.C. Canada, July, 2008.
Reminiscent of the ships of olde plying the seas in search of adventure, new lands, new insights, and new discoveries.
About Me
- Dr.Sliderule
- Lake Tahoe, Nevada, United States
- While trained formally as a Computer Scientist, receiving my Ph.D. in that field in 1973, specializing in cryptography and computer security, and subsequently lecturing and conducting research as a professor at a number of Universities, my principal career work has been as a forensic computing specialist providing investigative and expert witness services. I have also been engaged as an Ambassador of Goodwill to Latin America for both UNESCO and IBM over a period of five years with the objective of improving technology transfer and manpower development in these developing nations. I am now retired and can devote more of my time to my avocations which are indicated below.
Interests
Antique scientific instruments, Antiquarian Books, History of Science, Industrial Revolution, Lunar Society, Age of Enlightenment, Joseph Priestley, Mechanical Clocks, Music Boxes, Slide Rules, Antique computing devices, Antique Surveying equipment, Antique Sundials, Aerobic Gardening.
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