Archive for August, 2007
Just came up on the ol' iPod.
The Presidential Award for Aural Fitness
August 31st, 2007
Related to the last link - here's an ongoing project at Aural Fitness to build an archive of songs about the 50 states. As of this posting: Washington, Virginia, Vermont and Utah. Reverse alpha order?
I hate Vermont
August 31st, 2007
"Hey let's move to portland or portland!"
Despite or maybe because of the fact that this sometimes sounds like "Leaving on a Jet Plane," I love "I Hate Vermont."
The Living Room Candidate
August 31st, 2007
Looks to be an incredible resource for those interested in the changing face of presidential politics in the television age.
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man’s Changing Vision of the Universe
August 30th, 2007
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe (Arkana)
by Arthur Koestler
"...Gravity, to Copernicus, is the nostalgia of things to become spheres."
A good, excellently sourced and researched, and ocassionaly poetic general introduction to the course of Renaissance astronomy from Copernicus through Kepler to Galileo (and a touch of Newton), but Koestler's moral attitudes towards mid-20th century science, his motives (the fact that often scientists have been wrong in both method and conclusion should justify the legitimacy of paranormal research), and his willingness to generalize "astronomy" to "science," render some of his own conclusions about the past and future course of science somewhat suspect.
by Arthur Koestler
"...Gravity, to Copernicus, is the nostalgia of things to become spheres."
A good, excellently sourced and researched, and ocassionaly poetic general introduction to the course of Renaissance astronomy from Copernicus through Kepler to Galileo (and a touch of Newton), but Koestler's moral attitudes towards mid-20th century science, his motives (the fact that often scientists have been wrong in both method and conclusion should justify the legitimacy of paranormal research), and his willingness to generalize "astronomy" to "science," render some of his own conclusions about the past and future course of science somewhat suspect.
