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Tag Archives: science
Apparently today (3/14) is Pi Day
As in: Ï. In honor of Pi Day, please check out the clip below the jump. Lucy Kaplansky is one of my favorite current-day folk singers. I have seen her perform numerous times. Her father was a mathematician, and he … Continue reading
Universe
Time for another happy place. I need one today.
Isaac Newton, by James Gleick
I finished my second book on the “From the Stacks” challenge list. Isaac Newton – by James Gleick. One of the reader reviews on that Amazon page says, “I found myself reading this book as I walked to the busstop … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Isaac Newton, science, William Blake, William Wordsworth
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The Fluffy Planet
I just love stuff like this. “This new planet, if you could imagine putting it in a cosmic water glass, it would float,” said Robert Noyes, a research astrophysicist with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. And so now I cannot get … Continue reading
Today In History: “To my delight he came and declared that he had heard and understood what I said.”
On March 10, 1876 – the first speech was transmitted across a telephone wire. All together now: “Mr. Watson, come here …” So if you make a phone call today (or – I should say – WHEN you make a … Continue reading
Isaac Newton The Man
There are a couple of books I’ve been working on for a while – they’re the kinds of books it seems okay to just dip into, put down for a while, and pick back up again. One of these books … Continue reading
Mammatus? Huh?
Never heard of mammatus clouds. I’ve never seen anything like them in my life. Gorgeous! Scary! Here’s the explanation of what they are and why they take that form. (via Norm)
Stars and moons
When a comet is exploded by NASA … say, by the Deep Impact Probe, for example … there are many important issues to consider. We can’t even begin to ponder the ramifications of such an event. It raises many questions, … Continue reading
Science and the Founding Fathers: “an Epocha when the rights of mankind were better understood”
I am now reading a very interesting book called Science and the Founding Fathers: Science in the Political Thought of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, and Madison, by I. Bernard Cohen (sent to me by the wonderful peteb). Mr. Cohen is a … Continue reading
Saturn
This photograph blows my mind. In this photo released by NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute on Tuesday, May 10, 2005, a new moon, provisionally named S/2005 S1, within the Keeler gap in Saturn’s rings, is shown in an image obtained with the … Continue reading