'Odds and ends' Category
Carnivalia — 6/11 - 6/17
The past week’s selection of (mostly) science-related blog carnivals…
Things I’d blog about if I only had the time…
Life’s been crazy busy for me the past few weeks (thus, no podcast episode for a while), and it won’t get better for a few more days, but I thought at least I could pass along some interesting links I’ve run across. Yeah, it’s a cop out, but I guess it’s better than nothing….
The Beagle, Redux
Since the last two SOS podcast episodes have been all about Charles Darwin, and the historical context surrounding him, this seems like a good time to remind everybody about the Beagle Project…
The Future of Ideas — it’s free, presently!
If you’ve never read Lawrence Lessig’s great book “The Future of Ideas,” you now have a cheap way to do it — as a free download!…
National Academies Press — for free
Free books — it’s a tough deal to beat, especially when they’re good. The National Academies Press (i.e., the press for the National Academies — of Science, of Engineering, etc.) has over 3700 books available for free online reading. But what spurred this post is the recent update & re-release of Science, Evolution, and Creationism — a quick read at 88 pages, and now free for download in PDF form…
