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An Intuitive Approach to Fermat’s Last Theorem

Posted on March 2, 2026 by ST Editors

by John Church Pierre de Fermat’s famous “Last Theorem” states that there are no examples of x^n + y^n = z^n for n greater than 2, where x, y, z, and n are positive integers. When making this statement in … Continue reading →

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Glitches Gloomy

Posted on March 2, 2025 by ST Editors

by John Church This is not directly related to astronomy, but since many of our speakers rely on Macs and sometimes have compatibility issues with our system, Here is a parody on Longfellow’s “Hiawatha” that I included in one of … Continue reading →

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Time

Posted on November 2, 2024 by ST Editors

by John Church Time, in and of itself, flows equably without relation to any external thing.– Isaac Newton My granddaughter Nora once asked her mother where time comes from. Hmm! No one has ever been able to really answer this … Continue reading →

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Life and the Universe

Posted on September 3, 2024 by ST Editors

by John Church Here is one of the best-framed and most evocative eclipse photos I’ve ever seen.  This was taken by a college friend (Meganne Skoug) of my granddaughter Nora. They were in Monroeville, Indiana, not far from the edge … Continue reading →

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Dr. John Church: Reflections on Six Decades with the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

Club Director Dr. Rex Parker interviews Dr. John Church who has been a member of the Amateur Astronomers Association since 1970. Dr. Church shares several stories, including the acquisition of the club’s historic Hastings-Byrne refractor and the building of the … Continue reading →

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Eclipse from Ohio

Posted on May 5, 2024 by ST Editors

by John Church I and my wife and two of our children were fortunate to have seen this spectacular eclipse under mostly cloud-free skies at a fairgrounds near Urbana, Ohio.  I had expected a large crowd, but there were only … Continue reading →

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