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... – into the stratosphere with Nichelle Nichols, actress, cultural icon, and science advocate. Playing Lt. Uhura on Star Trek, the first major African American female role on TV, Nichols used her role to touch ... follow their interests in science, technology, engineering and math careers. “Being on the flight with Nichelle Nichols was an incredible capstone to my participation in scientific discovery on SOFIA. The process of ...

... ) to seek careers in engineering and science. Special guest at the event would be actress Nichelle Nichols , best known as Lt. Uhura, communications officer on the Star Trek television series. Johnson Space ...

... -9 p.m. EDT, live from the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Atlanta. Nichelle Nichols, known for her portrayal of Lt. Uhura in the original "Star Trek" television series, will ...

... one of my—I was a Star Trek freak, and the communications officer, Lieutenant Uhuru, Nichelle Nichols, showed up on TV in a blue flight suit. As I recall, there was a ...

... offered an assistant's position at the university observatory under the tutelage of John Pringle Nichol. He had apparently distinguished himself in the classroom and shown a good grasp of mathematics ... was pressed to take a sabbatical, Leitch therefore took on the temporary role of teaching Nichol's astronomy class at the University. Another teacher at the University had also become indisposed ...

... soon became a lecturer on mathematics and he would occasionally teach the astronomy class for Nichol and the Natural Philosophy (science) class for Dr William Meikleham. At this time both of ... Thompson, MacMillan, London, 1910 note 8 ''The Presbyterian Historical Almanac'', 1864. John Pringle Nichol had also been a major public figure in Cupar in the 1820s. note 9 ...

... the projectile's passengers to a force of nearly 30,000 g. Barbicane, Ardan and Nicholl would have been spread into a thin coating on the floor of the projectile. This ... reader. Image:verne_3.jpg border 200px Among the objections raised by this character, Captain Nicholl, are: that it would not be possible to cast a 900-foot cannon, that it ... wager upon each of his exceptions and Verne, in the course of the story, has Nicholl lose each bet, one after the other. Verne has other methods of adding verisimilitude to ...

... astronomy. He soon found himself working as assistant to the highly acclaimed astronomer John Pringle Nichol inside the University of Glasgow's observatory. After completing his degrees Leitch would occasionally teach ... recommendation 1859 ) Space, Rocketry and Astronomy After having spent several years working under John Pringle Nichol at Glasgow University, Leitch had become well acquainted with the night sky. Sometime in 1859 ...

... in an Observatory”, he reminisced about the long cold nights spent watching the sky at Nichol’s Glasgow observatory and almost lamented the loss of his naivety regarding the Cosmos. ''“What ... reconcile the ''Plurality of Worlds'' with his faith. note 79 ''Memoir of John Nichol'', James Maclehose And Sons, Glasgow, 1896 note 80 ''Chamber’s Journal'', Volume 3 ...

... Philosophical Discourses - Newton, Isaac Sir Principia - Newton, Isaac Sir Optics - Newton, Isaac Sir Universal Arithmetic - Nichol, J.P. LLD Cyclopedia of the Physical Sciences - Ouseau, J Practical Geography - Owen, Richard The ... I go by Boston. I expected to have a visit of Mr Barnet or Mr Nichol and to get from them some useful hints about the voyage but though I wrote ...

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