Introduction to The Origin of Species
Induction demands rigorous thought and painstaking research. It demands integration of numerous and diverse facts, and it demands years of consideration of facts and ideas. …
Science
Physical Activity and Brain Development 2B
Mrs. Bateman of Parents With Purpose also mentions or excerpts from a study on brain regeneration/growth: Adult Mouse Brains Still Make Youthful Cells The brains …
Physical Activity and Brain Development 2A
Donna Bateman, who runs Parents With Purpose, has some interesting articles on her website. (Though at least one is downright corrupt. Update (3-17-09 at 1:20 …
An Anti-Wright Brothers Anecdote?
Read Creativity and Little Content on the D-Ed Reckoning Blog. I can’t tell for sure for lack of information, but from what I read on …
Jurassic Fight Club
Watch it while you can!!! Jurassic Fight Club is a production of the History Channel. A few episodes are online now, but won’t be up …
College Chemistry by Linus Pauling
Thanks Amy!!! What a gift!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Wikipedia says about Linus Pauling:
Another Wright Brothers Anecdote
Again, from The Wright Brothers: Pioneers of American Aviation by Quentin Reynolds, published by Random House, New York, (c) 1950, renewed in 1978. In the …
Galileo: A Quote
Contra the Scholastics (and contra Bacon, from what I’ve heard of Bacon — though I’ll have to research on my own to see if Bacon …
Happy Birthday, Sir Francis Bacon
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy says about Bacon: Sir Francis Bacon (later Lord Verulam and the Viscount St. Albans) was an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, …