Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of An American Myth
This week on The Exchange, as we commemorate Independence Day, we take a fresh look at some familiar stories in American history. We talk with the author of a new book about the rise of President George Washington. David O. Stewart says the first president, despite being a privileged white man in 18th century society, worked hard and used his ability to overcome the elements and forge alliances with political opponents. He also wrestled with the problem of slavery, and how to set free the enslaved people on his plantations.
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• Apr 12, 2018
Today let’s conclude our visualization of the size and scale of space by trying to imagine our place in the Universe. To begin, let’s complete our “cosmic address” by noting that we our located in the Milky Way galaxy which is part of a local cluster of galaxies called, unimaginatively, “The Local Group”. There are about 54 galaxies in the Local Group, which also contains the Andromeda Galaxy, a galaxy that is much like our Milky Way galaxy and can be seen with the naked eye in the constellation of Andromeda.