“Insights from Genes and Genomes”

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Photo Wikipedia "Updating Darwinian Evolution Part I: Insights from Genes and Genomes" Darwin's Theory of Evolution was a landmark event in science, providing an explanation for the origin of the diverse lifeforms on the Earth. Notably, it was largely a construct of deduction from observations. In the over 150 years of the existence of this […]

Catalysis in Wonderland: An SL presentation of classic transition-metal chemistry.

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  Abstract: Organic chemistry tends to follow certain rules. Starting in the 1950’s, we began to find ways that transition metals (e.g. chromium, iron, nickel, rhodium, gold and many others) could bend the rules of classic organic chemistry and facilitate chemical transformations which would otherwise be onerous. One example of the utility of transition metals […]

“Stephen Hawking’s Last Paper… “

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Photo: NASA   "Stephen Hawking's Last Paper: his and other theoretical cosmologist's ideas about the multiverse" More information soon!     — Rob Knop  Homepage Blog Previous work in the Library Previous work in the Film Collection

“The Anthropocene Epoch”

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There is a saying that in English goes, “One cannot see the forest for the trees.” The traditional meaning is that it is difficult to see the bigger picture if […]


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