Matthew Fontaine Maury — From Hero, to Traitor, to “Lost Cause” Statue

Recently, four statues of Confederates were removed from city property in Richmond, Virginia. Three of the individuals represented by the statues were well know — Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, and the Confederate generals, Stonewall Jackson and J.E.B. … Continue reading

The Wave Glider of 2011 and Matthew Fontaine Maury of 1850

The New York Times recently featured an article, Catching a Wave, and Measuring It, about a project to send a “fleet of robots that move out in the ocean to measure everything from weather to oil slicks, sharply reducing many … Continue reading