It Was a Cold, Crisp Night
Science began for me on cold nights, early mornings, before the sun even considered showing her face. I was helping my father and a group of volunteers who were searching […]
Category: Hypothesis
Newton and the Planets
The cartoon below, by Sidney Harris from the American Scientist magazine, illustrates one of the mysteries of science: How does a scientist create a brilliant insight? Is it an act […]
Databases of Passion
Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a match, Find me a find, Catch me a catch… Fiddler on the Roof, Musical, 1964. The matchmaker used to be a person. She was almost […]
A Virtual University Profile – Wordsmith Jarvinen
The world is changed I feel it in the water I feel it in the earth I smell it in the air Much that once was is lost For none […]