NASA announced today that water was discovered on the planet Mars. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, through laboratory tests onboard the craft identified water in a soil sample retrieved by the lander's robotic arm. As NASA scientist's pointed out, the presence of water...
The other day I was at my favorite book store, and purchased two books with the following titles. Book 1: Only a Theory by Kenneth R. Miller; and Book 2: Final Theory by Mark Alpert. I wasn't looking for either book. Alpert's book was sitting on the display table...
This 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 that are based on Simon Winchester's...
This 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 that are based on Simon Winchester's...
I 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. The book is about Joseph Needham, the...
In 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 superintendents, teachers or parents in the...
