“There are three instances (all realizations about the sky before I was 12): First was when as a child, enthralled with the rockets of the space program, I realized that Mercury astronauts Shepard, ...

To secure a greater share of global trade, Africa must be integrated into the evolving international economic order. Without disruptions to the exist­ing system—such as those triggered by Presi­dent ...

Although Rabbi Jacobs’ article alludes to numerous other examples of scientific knowledge, let me conclude by examining a broader area which might be termed practical or applied astronomy.