Showing posts with label boston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boston. Show all posts
Monday, August 26, 2013

What is Cambridge, MA known for?

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Cambridge has been reinventing itself for four hundred years. It's a former farming village that became a major industrial town (New Eng...
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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Q: What are the most impactful inventions created in Boston?

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I think the telephone is probably the all-time top Boston invention, but also these: 1802 -- Modern navigation -- Bowditch 1886 -- Ma...
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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Q: Is the Charles River safe to swim in?

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It depends -- on the day, your location in the river basin, and who you are. The short answer is that if you are young and have a robust i...
Friday, July 23, 2010

Q: What are some good day trips around Boston?

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Take the ferry or sail to Spectacle Island, visit the museum on the island's history, hike up to the top of the island (the highest poin...
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Q: What advice would you give a college freshman in the Boston area to make life easy, fun, and successful?

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Get out and enjoy all that Boston has to offer! Spend the summers here -- Boston is beautiful in the summer. Get a guidebook and peruse it. ...
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Sunday, June 13, 2010

Q: Did MIT's decline (outside of biology and life sciences) begin shortly before WW2?

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The democratization of electronics -- made possible by transistors and integrated circuits, among other things -- surely contributed to a de...