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"We are starstuff." -- Carl Sagan
Some Music To Read By (Pachelbel Canon):
....or if you prefer it a tad peppier:
"A" -- Buy it, read it, savor it
"B" -- Worth a read
"C" -- Browse it; maybe(?) read
"D" -- Ignore it
"F" -- Use to line the birdcage
--- Books, writers, links, videos... for those who relish science and nature writing/reporting
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." -- Carl Sagan
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"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge." -- Carl Sagan
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"I believe that scientific knowledge has fractal properties, that no matter how much we learn, whatever is left, however small it may seem, is just as infinitely complex as the whole was to start with. That, I think, is the secret of the Universe."
-- Isaac Asimov
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"I believe that scientific knowledge has fractal properties, that no matter how much we learn, whatever is left, however small it may seem, is just as infinitely complex as the whole was to start with. That, I think, is the secret of the Universe."
-- Isaac Asimov
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Posts
Some Science Writing/Reporting on the Web:
- NY Times/Science
- Science Musings (Chet Raymo)
- The Edge Site
- Scientific American
- American Scientist Mag.
- NPR Science Blog
- Discover Blogs
- SciTech Daily
- ScienceDaily
- PhysOrg.com
- Famous Paul Davies Essay
- SJ Gould et.al. essays
- "Dishonesty In Science"
- Some More Science Essays
- Cocktail Party Physics
- ScienceLifestyle blog
- Not Even Wrong (blog)
- Natalie Angier (news pieces)
- Dennis Overbye pieces
- ScientificBlogging.com
- Essays on Math (K.Devlin)
Some Nature Blogs and Writing:
Misc.:
... Book Reviews ...
-- Bookstores/Clubs --
"We are starstuff." -- Carl Sagan
Musical Interlude. . . .
Some Music To Read By (Pachelbel Canon):
....or if you prefer it a tad peppier:
Book Rating Scale :
"A" -- Buy it, read it, savor it
"B" -- Worth a read
"C" -- Browse it; maybe(?) read
"D" -- Ignore it
"F" -- Use to line the birdcage
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