August 2011

Starman Jones by Robert A. Heinlein (Italian edition)

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The novel “Starman Jones” by Robert A. Heinlein was published for the first time in 1953. Max Jones dreams of becoming an Astrogator but he must cheat to become part of a starship crew. It’s the beginning of an adventure that’s very exciting but also dangerous because the art space navigation is very complex.

The IBM personal computer model 5150

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On August 12, 1981 IBM announced the release of its Personal Computer, identified as model 5150. This expression, as well as microcomputers and home computers, had already been used before so you could say that actually the first personal computer was the Xerox Alto in 1973 or even the Olivetti Programma 101 about a decade earlier. The success of the IBM PC however was such that within a short time the expression personal computers started identifying a model compatible with the IBM one.

Doctor Who - Four To Doomsday

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“Four To Doomsday” is an adventure of the nineteenth season of the classic “Doctor Who” series aired in 1982 featuring the Fifth Doctor, Tegan, Nyssa and Adric. It’s a four parts adventure written by Terence Dudley and directed by John Black.

Complex organic molecules found in meteorites (artist concept NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith)

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At NASA Goddard Space Flight Center a new research have been carried out on twelve carbon-rich meteorites finding adenine and guanine, two nucleobases which are DNA components, but also nucleobases analogs such as 2,6-diaminopurine and 6,8-diaminopurine.