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2007 Observer’s Handbook
Published on 14 Nov 2006 at 4:31 pm.
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My 2007 Observer’s Handbook arrived today! This is put out each year by the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. I’ve gotten one every year since the mid 1980’s. Eventually, I joined the society just to get the thing sent automatically (along with some other benefits). And, though I am in Texas, I am not their […]
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Two science fiction novels by Jack McDevitt
Published on 24 Oct 2006 at 3:56 pm.
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My last post was about a space elevator. Interestingly, there is actually a science fiction novel that has such a device in it. This is Deepsix by Jack McDevitt. I like McDevitt’s novels, or at least the few that I’ve read. He does a good job of working science into science fiction. In this novel, […]
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Fahrenheit 451 — the ultimate banned book
Published on 27 Sep 2006 at 6:19 pm.
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This is banned books week. The idea is to read a book that has been banned somewhere. Many localities and school districts have banned books for various reasons, mostly because something in the book offends someone or makes someone uncomfortable. So, these books are taken out of classrooms and libraries so that children don’t […]
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Book List: Interesting Books
Published on 21 Jul 2006 at 7:07 pm.
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Interesting Books
Simon Singh: Big Bang
Michael Cabbage and William Harwood: Comm Check … : The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia
: Forbidden Planet
Topics Entertainment: In Their Own Words: The Space Race
Ian Ridpath: Norton’s Star Atlas and Reference Handbook
Dana Mackenzie: The Big Splat: Or How Our Moon Came to Be
C.S.Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia
Mark Kidger: The Star of […]
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Orion (the spacecraft, not the constellation)
Published on 28 Nov 2005 at 7:57 pm.
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I have been reading a very interesting Dyson’s Project Orion Book lately. That is, the book is a bit dry, but the material is really fascinating. The author, George Dyson, is the son of Freeman Dyson (whom I mentioned in a previous post), an astrophysicist who worked on the project.
Now, for those who don’t know […]
