In the last post, I introduced Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (link to a brief bio), the Russian scientist whose pioneering work, unnoticed by James Lovelock when he first proposed the Gaia hypothesis, forms the basis for much of our understanding of the biosphere, what...
In the last post, I introduced Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky (link to a brief bio), the Russian scientist whose pioneering work, unnoticed by James Lovelock when he first proposed the Gaia hypothesis, forms the basis for much of our understanding of the biosphere, what...
I returned this week from a two week trip to Texas, and waiting for me in the mail was a book I had pre-ordered from Amazon. The title of the book is James Lovelock: In Search of Gaia, and it was written by John Gribbin & Mary Gribbin. Here's what the book is...
Volcanoes have received a bad rap recently, especially if the US Geological Survey is to receive "stimulus" funding to monitor and investigate volcanoes. According to the Governor of Louisiana funding "something called 'volcano monitoring' is an example of...
In the last two posts, I've discussed the recent research that focuses on girls and science, and how teachers can make transformations in their practice to incorporate recent research. Making a transformation in ones teaching is challenging and indeed a creative...
Gas prices are down in the $2 range, and Thomas Friedman says that it leaves him with mixed feelings. In his bi-weekly New York Times column today, he reminded us that when gas prices went beyond $4, Americans changed a lot---drove less, polluted less, exercised...
