There was an interesting “My Turn” essay in this week’s Newsweek entitled Lessons in Life (Science) by Sally G. Hoskins, who teaches undergraduate biology. In the article, she informs us that one of major...
Read MoreThis year is the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Internet, and during this year, Apple announced the “new” i-Phone 3G, and its new software for i-Phones and i-Pods, i-Phone 2.0. An article in Vanity Fair...
Read MoreThis is the cover of Science and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham. Question: What is significant about the image of the cover of his book? Read ahead to find out. This is the second installment of a series of discussions...
Read MoreThis is the cover of Science and Civilization in China by Joseph Needham. Question: What is significant about the image of the cover of his book? Read ahead to find out. This is the second installment of a series of discussions...
Read MoreI am in England, and I thought I would briefly comment on a book I am reading entitled The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist who unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom by Simon Winchester....
Read MoreI watched the last half-hour and the final seven minutes of terror as the Mars Lander (Phoenix) approached and continued on into the Martian atmosphere entering at about 12,000 miles/hour, and slowed to 5 miles/hour and made a...
Read MoreOn Sunday, soon after the finish of the Indianapolis 500 race, the Phoenix Mars Lander will approach the planet Mars and attempt a powered landing. Live coverage will be shown on NASA television with the descent to Martian...
Read MoreOn Sunday, soon after the finish of the Indianapolis 500 race, the Phoenix Mars Lander will approach the planet Mars and attempt a powered landing. Live coverage will be shown on NASA television with the descent to Martian...
Read MoreIn yesterday’s Atlanta Journal-Constitution an article reported that the Georgia State Department of Education knew students would fail the social studies test in huge numbers, but refused to share this information with...
Read MoreIn the last two posts, I’ve opened a discussion on the high-stakes testing in Georgia. More than 80% of the students who took the social studies test failed, and about 40% of the students failed the math CRCT (Criterion...
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