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 "The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." -- Mark Twain
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| Bad advice to a young scientist by Freeman Dyson, Edge |
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| A year later, I met (Francis) Crick again. The war was over and he was much more cheerful. He said he was thinking of giving up physics and making a completely fresh start as a biologist. He said the most exciting science for the next twenty years would be in biology and not in physics. I was then twenty-two years old and very sure of myself. I said, "No, you're wrong. In the long run biology will be more exciting, but not yet. The next twenty years will still belong to physics. If you switch to biology now, you will be too old to do the exciting stuff when biology finally takes off". Fortunately, he didn't listen to me. ...Read more |
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| Heretical thoughts about science and society by Freeman Dyson, Edge |
Futurist, scientist, and all-around technosocial guru Freeman Dyson doesn't think climate change is a big deal -- at least, not in the way it's usually discussed.
..... the problem of climate change..... is a contentious subject, involving politics and economics as well as science. The science is inextricably mixed up with politics. Everyone agrees that the climate is changing, but there are violently diverging opinions about the causes of change, about the consequences of change, and about possible remedies. ...Read more |
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| A woman who went to Alaska by May Kellogg Sullivan, 1902, now is available for free as an e-book at Manybooks.net |
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| This unpretentious little book is the outcome of my own experiences and adventures in Alaska. Two trips, covering a period of eighteen months and a distance of over twelve thousand miles were made practically alone. In answer to the oft-repeated question of why I went to Alaska I can only give the same reply that so many others give: I wanted to go in search of my fortune which had been successfully eluding my grasp for a good many years. ...Read more |
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| Keyboard gardening, at website, Stupid and Funny Idea |
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| What's the weirdest thing you've ever grown a plant in? Normally when you want to grow plants for your home you usually put seeds into containers, or you put the seeds directly in the flower beds in your garden. But of course we have some people with their own style, like this "Keyboard gardener". I wonder how did he feed the bean sprouts with water (source). ...Read more |
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| Essay: letter to a young scientist by James Watson, Technology Review, Sept/Oct issue 2007 |
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| In his newly released memoir Avoid Boring People: Lessons from A Life in Science (September 25, 2007, Knopf, 368 pages, ISBN-10: 0375412840). James Watson laces autobiography with advices to budding scientists. In the excerpt posted here, he tells the story of his role in determining the structure of DNA... Read on and check how smart did he avoided boring people ...Read more |
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