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Tag Archives: Vietnam
USA and Vietnam may go to war again – as Allies
I was a kid during the Vietnam War. I remember the nightly television scenes of boys not much older than I was, crawling through rice paddies while explosions ignited around them. Some of the young men were relatives, others were … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Exploration
Tagged China, Ha Long, oil industry, South China Sea, Vietnam
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A Conversation with the Earth
How many of us recognize the most important moment in our career? The instant when you realize exactly what you should work on, even if you don’t know where that might lead. It happened to a young theoretical physicist. He … Continue reading
Posted in Biography, History, People, Philosophy, Plate Tectonics
Tagged history, Jason Morgan, plate tectonics, Vietnam, Xavier Le Pichon
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