Braiding Sweetgrass
I so very much enjoyed Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall …
Category Archives: Science
May Day! May Day!
I’m not sure if that is a cheer for spring or call for help. Snow will soon be falling. The …
Retirement and Taxonomy
Just a quickie this evening because Bookman and I have our annual meeting with our financial advisor scheduled. She will …
The Canon
I made an abortive attempt this time last year to begin my science by women project with Dava Sobel’s A …
Chewing on Sunshine
Even though it is still winter here the days are getting noticeably longer. It is dark when I leave for …
Show Me the DNA!
Is there such a thing as a creative writing gene? A recent Yale-Moscow State University Study has found a modest …
Literary Neuroscience
Yesterday when I mentioned the topic of today’s post, literary neuroscience, I think Ian summed it up quite nicely with …
Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction
I’ve not read a lot of fiction by Joanna Russ, The Female Man and a couple of short stories, and …
A More Perfect Heaven
I had planned to begin my year of reading science books by women with Natalie Angier’s The Canon but it …
Moonwalking with Einstein
I picked up Joshua Foer’s Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything at the library on a …
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