Policy makers have to justify the money spent on science education. During the early to mid cold war, the West … More
Category: history of science
What I Think About When I Think About Energy
Occult, mysterious and ad-hoc, energy should have no place in modern physics. Newton had no use for it. Motion, in … More
Science: A Great Source of Metaphor…
Have you got time to read two very short science texts? Both of them are surprising and wonderful. First text: a … More
A Kitchen Museum of Electrical History
Since Easter I have been reading about electricity. I think it is the hardest topic to teach. Circuits are … More
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