» by Paul November 18th, 2008 at 9:15 am » Comments (0)

I think I have come up with three new projects to put together for future reading.  I shall call them Project: Eminent Lives, Project: Weird Fiction (this latter project title ...more »

» by Paul November 17th, 2008 at 10:00 am » Comments (0)

I always wanted to be a scientist.  Well I think that as I grew up I wanted to be a scientist but to tell the truth, what I wanted to ...more »

» by Paul October 3rd, 2008 at 11:44 am » Comments (0)

I had placed an order at Barnes and Noble, mostly for a few books that my wife wanted, so I took advantage and added a few books that I had ...more »

» by Paul September 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am » Comments (0)

Carl Zimmer is one of those rare journalists that gets the science correct and writes a damn good book (or article).  Science writers have a difficult job.  They need to ...more »

» by Paul April 29th, 2008 at 9:37 am » Comments (1)

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments by George Johnson Science, when it is distilled, comes down to experimentation. In this day science experimentation is relegated to huge teams of scientists with ...more »