The question of who is the greatest physicist of the physicists who are household names– Newton, Einstein, Maxwell, etc.– has been debated thousands of times, and will undoubtedly be debated thousands of times in the future. What isn’t as often discussed is the ranking of physicists who aren’t in that rare group of household names–… Continue reading Historical Physicist Smackdown: Thermodynamics Edition
PNAS: Katherine Porter, Educational Content Editor
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Katherine Porter, Educational Content Editor
Religion Leads to Education
There’s an interesting report at Inside Higher Ed today on a study of religiosity and college. Some of the results will probably come as a surprise to many people around ScienceBlogs: # The odds of going to college increase for high school students who attend religious services more frequently or who view religion as more… Continue reading Religion Leads to Education
Links for2009-07-28
kate_nepveu: Worldcon: online jerkitude “I’m trying to come up with a list of bedrock principles that apply across all online contexts, and I keep getting bogged down in my lawyer tendencies. So what would you say are the fundamental, applies-anywhere minimum requirements of human decency when it comes to online interactions?” (tags: internet culture society… Continue reading Links for2009-07-28
PNAS Update and Index
The Project for Non-Academic Science posts have been very well received, and I continue to get a steady trickle of new volunteers. I’m going to slow the rate of posting these a little bit, as the recent posting rate has been a little ridiculous, but I’ll keep posting them as long as people keep answering… Continue reading PNAS Update and Index
PNAS: Tim Johnson, Software Engineer
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Tim Johnson, Software Engineer
PNAS: Evie Marom, Aerospace Engineer
(On July 16, 2009, I asked for volunteers with science degrees and non-academic jobs who would be willing to be interviewed about their careers paths, with the goal of providing young scientists with more information about career options beyond the pursuit of a tenure-track faculty job that is too often assumed as a default. This… Continue reading PNAS: Evie Marom, Aerospace Engineer
Half-Assed General Education Course Idea, continued
Timothy Burke notes a controversy about an NEH program that some philosophers feel tramples their discipline. In talking about a hypothetical program that would do the same for his field of history, Burke suggests something that caught my eye: f the NEH set up a course development grant called “Time and the Past” aimed at… Continue reading Half-Assed General Education Course Idea, continued
Links for 2009-7-27
KR Blog » The Wilderness of Memory “[Chabon asks] a valid question, but I can’t escape the feeling that it reflects a particularly American idealization of childhood. Growing up slowly is a privilege of wealth, and few children throughout human history have enjoyed a childhood without the privations of hunger, war, or grinding poverty. “… Continue reading Links for 2009-7-27
Links Dump Backlog: 7/25/09
The del.icio.us automatic blog posting that usually produces the daily links dump posts here has been broken during the recent ScienceBlogs upgrade. The links dump posts from last Thursday on didn’t happen, but we’ve kludged up a way to get that material back. These are the links that should’ve posted on Saturday the 25th: Friday… Continue reading Links Dump Backlog: 7/25/09