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October 18, 2007

Science can be fun

Filed under: All and sundry — Tags: , , — Ulrich Mohrhoff @ 10:00 pm

Not many sites are worth a laugh. This one is funny.

Two scientific methods:

methods

Once, when the secrets of science were the jealously guarded property of a small priesthood, the common man had no hope of mastering their arcane complexities. Years of study in musty classrooms were prerequisite to obtaining even a dim, incoherent knowledge of science.

Today, all that has changed: a dim, incoherent knowledge of science is available to anyone. Popular science books, magazines and computer programs – with their simple, fatuous and misleading prose, their garish illustrations, their flimsy modern production values – have brought science within the reach of anyone who can afford their inflated prices or who can mooch off someone else.

Indeed, today a myriad of sources are available to explain science facts that science itself has never dreamed of.

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The Universe Matter & Energy The Earth Evolution

The Descent of Man Appendix Glossary Tables & Charts

Further Reading

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