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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools

Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.

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NASA to restore Apollo engines found on ocean floor

The recovery of the Apollo 11 rocket engines by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is a historic find, say NASA officials, who say the agency plans to restore the engines.
Chapter & Verse E L James as 'Publishing Person of the Year' draws outcry from literary world

Publishers Weekly faces controversy after naming 'Fifty Shades of Grey' author E L James 'Publishing Person of the Year' for 2012.
Chapter & Verse Amazon's Jeff Bezos as 'Businessperson of the Year': Can the book world learn from him?

Fortune Magazine awarded Bezos the title of 'business mind of 2012.'
Chapter & Verse Amazon will hire 50,000 temporary workers for the holidays

Is Amazon’s ambitious hiring a sign of good things to come for the US economy?
Chapter & Verse Amazon: breaking even on popular Kindle sales

In an interview with the BBC, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos confirmed what many surmised: Amazon is selling the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost.
Horizons Wal-Mart waves goodbye to entire Amazon Kindle line

Following in Target's footsteps, Wal-Mart has announced it will no longer sell Amazon Kindle e-readers and Amazon Kindle Fire tablets.
Chapter & Verse Amazon starts charging sales tax in California

While book giant Amazon is now required to charge customers sales tax in some states, it's already planning its next move: widely available same-day shipping.
Horizons At $199, Kindle Fire HD isn't an iPad – but it doesn't need to be

The Kindle Fire HD line will hit shelves this fall. How does the latest Fire stack up to its competitors?
Chapter & Verse Amazon announces new devices, including HD Kindle Fire

Amazon's new lineup of devices includes a Kindle Fire tablet with HD and other new features as well as a back-lit e-reader called the Kindle Paperwhite.
Amazon announcement: new Kindles. Hollywood: new worries.

Amazon announcement of seven new Kindles is a boon for consumers. But Hollywood worries the Amazon announcement will speed the move from buying to renting movies.
Horizons Amazon introduces new Kindle Fire HD line

Soon, consumers will be able to choose from three HD Kindle Fires – a 7-inch version, and two 8.9-inch versions, including a $499 with 4G LTE connectivity.
Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools

Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
Horizons Is the new Amazon Kindle Fire on the way? (+video)

Amazon has scheduled a press conference for Sept. 6. Smart money says a new Kindle Fire tablet (or three) is on the way.
Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corporation to share $1.1 billion from NASA (+video)

Under a new deal, NASA will be paying a trio of companies over the next 21 months to develop spacecraft capable of flying US astronauts to the International Space Station.
NASA launches $1.1 billion deal with private spaceflight companies (+video)

A trio of private spaceflight companies – Boeing, SpaceX, and the Sierra Nevada Corporation – are to get $1.1 billion in funding from NASA under a new deal to launch US astronauts into space.
Jeff Bezos and the $42 million immortal clock

Amazon founder and entrepreneur Jeff Bezos has enlisted the Long Now Foundation to build a clock that will last thousands of years. Jeff Bezos estimates the device will cost $42 million.
Beyond SpaceX: Five companies seeking to change space travel

During the past 10 years, Presidents George W. Bush and Obama have directed NASA to turn the job of transporting cargo and crew to the space station over to the private sector. As that process gathers pace, here is a list of the key players.
Chapter & Verse Harry Potter comes to Kindle

All the books in the Harry Potter series will arrive in the Kindle lending library – free for Amazon Prime members – on June 19.
How the ultra-rich plan to conquer space (+video)

From asteroid mining to space station taxis, a handful of billionaires have big plans for the final frontier.
Chapter & Verse Amazon hears from hometown critics

A four-part series in the Seattle Times charges Amazon with aggressive business practices and a lack of philanthropy.
Amazon's Jeff Bezos to search for sunken Apollo 11 engines (+video)

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says that his deep-sea sonar expedition in the Atlantic has located the five engines used to launch Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins to the moon in 1969, and he plans to bring at least one of them to the surface.
Amazon founder locates Apollo 11 rockets

Jeff Bezos, the dot-com billionaire, announced that he has located the booster rockets that lifted the first moon mission into space at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. He hopes to raise one or both to the surface.
AMZN stock plummets. Earnings disappoint.

AMZN (Amazon stock) opens 10 percent lower after its quarterly earnings report falls short of Wall Street expectations. AMZN net income in fourth quarter was down 57 percent from a year earlier.
Chapter & Verse More books, more choices: why America needs its indies

Farhad Manjoo thinks corner bookstores are simply comfy and quaint. He couldn't be more wrong.
12/16/2011 04:01 pm
Stratolaunch plane could make space tourism affordable

Stratolaunch plane, an enormous aircraft, will be a flying launchpad for space flights. Could this Stratolaunch plane turn extraterrestrial tourism into an everyday affair?
12/14/2011 01:26 pm