News flash, Dr. Tyson: Tragically, we simply don’t care. Our xenophobia and love of scapegoating is far more powerful than your logic.
Tag: Nobel Prize
Happy Birthday to a Great Chemist (Or Should I Say Physicist?)
It’s the birthday of Ernest Rutherford, best known for presenting us with the first model of the atom that included electrons spinning around a tiny but relatively high-mass nucleus of the opposite charge. He won a Nobel Prize in chemistry …
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A Lesson from Linus Pauling
I was just telling my daughter’s best friend (pictured here facing my camera, perhaps seven years ago) about Linus Pauling, how remarkable he was, and what we can all learn from his incredible life. One important lesson is that we …
Planetary Wisdom and the Keystone XL Pipeline
Like everyone, I’ve always been impressed with the winners of the Nobel Prize. My favorite personal experience along these lines goes back to my younger days in which I chronicled the Nobel laureates in protein chemistry when I was a …
Tagged with: Barack Obama, Dalai Lama, Hewlett-Packard, Keystone pipeline, Linus Pauling, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize
Near the End of My Book on Renewables
We’ve all had that feeling of exultation as we realize we’re in the home stretch of something that’s been a true odyssey in our lives — perhaps the end of final exams or the last few points of a marathon …
Today’s Crackpot May Be Tomorrow’s Nobel Prize Winner
Guest blogger Geoff Nicholson writes: I just noticed something very curious…. Airplanes fly more when exposed to direct sunlight, hence, confirming you thesis that solar energy is the way to go. Check out this video of airplane traffic over a …
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Tagged with: alternative energy, charlatan, clean energy, crackpot, green energy, Nobel Prize, Renewable Energy, solar energy, solar panel, solar power
