Robert Frost’s little-known fascination with science and how it turns up in his poetry.
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If ever there was a time for starting a journal to record your own small part in all this, it is now.
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When I was eleven, my parents gave my brothers and me a puzzle game that totally captivated us. It was called “Soma”.
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I like to see an old technology make a comeback, and I am pleased to report that this is happening with the humble index card.
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By Sheldon Greaves The quote above is a less well-known ancillary to Sun Tzu’s more famous quote: “Know your enemy as you know yourself, and in one hundred battles you will not be in peril. This post is about intellectual … Continue reading
Iain McGilchrist’s “The Master and His Emissary” is one of the most important books to appear in at least twenty years.
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By Sheldon Greaves, Ph.D. Ocean Sanctuaries 11 December 2017 (Download PDF) A recent essay[1] by Philip Mirowski has caught the attention of the Citizen Science community, by raising some trenchant questions despite several questionable assertions and assumptions about the Citizen … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves Edited with additional links and for clarity, 02 Oct. 2017. Each week brings more details (also here) about the tremendous scope and sophistication of Russian efforts to hijack (“meddle” is far too gentle a term by this point) the U.S. 2016 … Continue reading
By Sheldon A cluster of articles on higher education has prompted some reflections on higher ed in America, where it’s going, where it’s been, and what may become of it. The first is from May of last year, a piece … Continue reading
By Sheldon Greaves Note: this post originally appeared on the Citizen Scientists’ League website. With few other possible exceptions, the digital camera is probably the single most useful tool available to the citizen scientist. Both in the workshop and out … Continue reading