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Archive for the ‘i am not a monkey’ Category

October 15th, 2007

Ten Things You Need to Know About Astronomy

I’m back from a week of grueling and tiresome home improvements and the first thing I see in my inbox is that it’s time for a Science and Health Channel theme day. This week’s theme, Top Ten lists.
So, away we go…
Here is a list of ten things I think everyone should know about astronomy.

How […]

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June 27th, 2007

Ummm, Professor? Do I Have To Know This?

When writing my last post, I spent some time reading Bill Keel’s Homepage where he had an interesting link entitled, Astronomy Students Say the Strangest Things.
Bill is a professor at the University of Alabama and apparently teaches introductory astronomy there. He posted some excerpts of things students have written in his class.
These are genuine, […]

By Tony -- 8 comments

April 6th, 2007

Creation Science 101

Funny sometimes I feel like a monkey’s great-grandson…

I always suspected the fossils were put there just to tease us. I liked this video, it’s by Roy Zimmerman.
Thanks Julie!

Technorati Tags: astronomy video, creation science, evolution

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February 26th, 2007

When You’re Smart, People Need You

I almost gave up on a career in physics and astronomy. Several times. I had significant math blocks and I seemed to constantly struggle with higher concepts in physics.
All my life, and more than anything in the world, I wanted to be an astronomer, nothing else mattered to me, yet I didn’t seem […]

By Tony -- 8 comments

February 11th, 2007

Why Cosmology Matters

I’ve been a good boy all week. I’ve kept my skewed perspective all to myself and not imposed it on anyone since I was being mr-serious-astronomer-guy spewing forth astronomical information for the nobly named Just Science Week.
The thing is, I didn’t want to distract you. I wanted you to learn this stuff, […]

By Tony -- 6 comments

January 17th, 2007

How To Say The Word Nuclear

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that the President of the United States can’t pronounce the word nuclear? I’ve been told that’s he’s not the first:
Bush isn’t the only American president to lose the “nucular” war. In his “On Language” column in the New York Times Magazine in May 2001, William […]

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January 9th, 2007

A light year has the same number of calories as a regular year

Astronomy education in this country: OMG.
I used to go out to public schools and do science demonstrations. One day, I was in a fifth grade class talking about space travel, and I asked the class:
“How many times have we gone to the moon?”
Nothing.
“When did we go to the moon?”
Crickets.
“Why did we go to […]

By Tony -- 4 comments

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