Manufacturing industrial quantities of national cynicism comes with a high price tag paid for in national unity and trust.
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A 17th century educational network could offer an alternative to universities under ideological attacks from the right.
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Occasionally, someone is well-served by taking a question that others have asked, and asking it again, just to see what shakes out.
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How a couple of students with too many books went and created their own public library.
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Citizen scientists take part in the same struggle as nearly everyone else on the planet, which is the quest to be taken seriously.
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Robert Frost’s little-known fascination with science and how it turns up in his poetry.
Continue readingBy Sheldon Greaves Edward F. Ricketts, Jack Calvin, and Joel W. Hedgpeth, revised by David W. Phillips. Between Pacific Tides, Fifth Edition (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press), 1985. 652pp. ISBN 0-8047-1229-8. Note: although this book is hardly new, it is both … Continue reading
