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A Physics Walking Tour of Washington, DC
Stop 10: Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown From the main headquarters of the Carnegie Institution on the corner of 16th Street NW and P Street, we go two blocks north…
December 4, 2017
In the Press
Eerie, beautiful, forgotten: A tour of DC’s historic cemeteries
Walk around downtown D.C. and throw a stone and you’re likely to hit a historic landmark. But outside the National Mall’s well-traveled paths and its famous monuments and museums, you’ll…
October 27, 2017
In the Press
Haunted Streets: The Ghosts of Georgetown
A little drummer boy, a possessed girl and a Confederate spy: What do these figures have in common? They are all specters whose haunted stories are ingrained in some of…
October 27, 2017
In the Press
George Saunders: ‘When I get praise it helps me be a little bit more brave’
George Saunders won the Man Booker prize on Tuesday night, but while he was working on Lincoln in the Bardo, his winning book, he would sometimes stop and ask himself…
October 18, 2017