by Joseph Green | science, space |
STEPHEN PINKER, a Harvard professor and author of several popular science books (The Blank Slate being perhaps the best known) last year wrote a short but potent article discussing the ongoing clashes between science and popular culture, religion, and the humanities....
by Joseph Green | science, science fiction, space |
ARTHUR C. CLARKE (who died Sir Arthur, after receiving a well-deserved knighthood) was a casual but long-term friend. He often had dinner at the Greenhouse when visiting the Kennedy Space Center. (He also attended the Apollo 11 prelaunch party at the Greenhouse, a...
by Joseph Green | science, space |
EARLIER THIS YEAR the local paper, Florida TODAY—highly space-oriented, since its territory includes the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center—carried a front page story that brought back vivid memories. The article said that space...
by Joseph Green | science |
IN MY FECKLESS YOUTH I once made a mathematical mistake, a technical error. Unfortunately, mine became embedded in the public consciousness throughout most of the world, and remains there today. I was reminded of this when reading an on-line European magazine report...
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