Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3500 to 3000 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped…
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Thematic: Chess
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. Played by millions of people worldwide, chess is believed to be derived from the Indian game chaturanga sometime before the 7th century. Chaturanga is also the likely ancestor of the…
View More Thematic: ChessThematic: Science – Computer Science
Computer science is the study of computation and information. Computer science deals with theory of computation, algorithms, computational problems and the design of computer systems hardware, software and applications. Computer science addresses both human-made and natural information processes, such as communication, control, perception, learning and intelligence especially in human-made computing…
View More Thematic: Science – Computer ScienceThematic: Telecommunication
Telecommunication is the exchange of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency. This excludes…
View More Thematic: TelecommunicationExploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.7 – Namibian Crystal Stamps
Exploring Stamps‘ Graham Beck explores Namibian and South West African stamps featuring minerals and crystals such as dioptase with interesting metaphysical properties.
View More Exploring Stamps: Season 1/Ep.7 – Namibian Crystal StampsHRT3 Stamp Chats: $5 Stamp History
HRT3 Stamp Chats takes a look at a 125 year journey through $5 US postage stamps and covers.
View More HRT3 Stamp Chats: $5 Stamp HistoryHRT3 Stamp Chats: The Golden Eagles Lindbergh & Earhart
HRT3 Stamp Chats looks at the history of the Golden Age of Aviation through his collection of stamps and covers.
View More HRT3 Stamp Chats: The Golden Eagles Lindbergh & EarhartHRT3 Stamp Chats: America’s Space Program Part I
Learn a little about America’s space program on stamps from rocketry to the moon landing with HRT3 Stamp Chat. Continue the presentation with Part 2.
View More HRT3 Stamp Chats: America’s Space Program Part IStanley Gibbons: The BBC visits Stanley Gibbons (1966)
A short segment showing London’s Home of Stamp Collecting – Stanley Gibbons, introducing viewers to its various departments at the time.
View More Stanley Gibbons: The BBC visits Stanley Gibbons (1966)Stamp Chats: Collecting Hawaii – How to Get Started
Ever wanted to collect Hawaii? Join the American Philatelic Society and First Issues Collectors Club member, Kurt Streepy on Stamp Chat as he integrates personal images from his trip to Hawaii with an instructive narrative on collecting Hawaii. An informative Q&A follows the presentation. We encourage you to leave comments or…
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