The 100 best value colleges list from USA Today and Princeton Review has been published for 2010. As the report points out, costs have been skyrocketing for the past 10 years. With the last few years of recession, this list has become more valuable than ever. University of Virginia (Charlottsville) is the best value in public colleges and the best value among private schools is Swarthmore College (Swarthore, PA). There are some solid interactive features at the link above.
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Happy 400th BDay to Galileo's Telescope!
Google is celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s telescope. Its amazing how much his innovation has changed the world and how we understand it. From National Geographic’s article Galileo’s Telescope at 400:
Just over 400 years ago, Galileo–then chair of mathematics at Italy’s University of Padua–got word that Dutch glass makers had invented a device that allowed viewers to see very distant objects as if they were nearby.
The mathematician soon acquired a Dutch instrument, and on August 25, 1609, he presented an improved, more powerful telescope of his own design to the senate of the city-state of Venice. The government officials were so impressed with Galileo’s telescope that they rewarded the professor with a higher salary and tenure for life at his university.
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