links for 2008-08-24

"A common misconception — a result, no doubt, of the countless stories about Eddie the Eagle and Eric the Eel — is that it’s not that hard to qualify for the Olympics, if you pick your sports and countries shrewdly."

“We find that science’s descriptions of cosmological, geological and biological evolution are not in conflict with theology.”

"Polymer Chemistry- The Home Depot of Chemistry. You are going to get your hands dirty. Also, have fun doing it yourself and trying to figure out what’s going on when (not ‘if’, ‘when’) it doesn’t work."