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The Respectful Empiricist
Happy New Year!
The background photo is of an American Wigeon.
Immoral is the Devil's Dictionary word of the month from Ambrose Bierce. Wherever he is now he must be watching the Republican debates.
I've kept up my dictionary of words that I read this year and had no idea of what they meant. This year I read more geology and that field supplied a large number of them.
Here are the obits of scientists that were collected in 2011.
We have emerged into winter. On Christmas morning I was able to see the early morning crystals on the remains of the wild flowers at Cromwell Park.
I promise I'll read your email.
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Yes it all about me and I am all about salt marshes right now. Here is a story about my first expedition after copious summer time reading of this oceanic shore phenomenon. I've been tracing the lives of the Yellow Crown Night Herons and wrapped up my research into a presentation at my monthly Human Values Network meeting. The link provides my paper. I took a trip to Michigan for a family reunion, amongst other things. Here is my story .about the other things. Here is the story about the Family reunion.
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Here is the Pike's Market on December December 6 when the weather was grim, damp and gray. Here is a short story of my trip.I loved Seattle before my daughter moved there.
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During my recent trip to Washington I was able to see some birds on the other coast. The link above gives some information about this bird. Here is a link to hear what they sound like.
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Citizen scientists-those of us who get involved with a scientific endeavor sans academic credentials, have an avenue for data collection at Ebird. It is a pretty directive site aiding us and the ornithologists with data gathering and identification. Its pretty cool and here it is for your review.
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The history of observation may be a bit more complicated than it sounds. This is a fine history of science. Here is my take on the book. |
More stories about math history. Aczel is a good historian and story teller. Here is what about how he represented historical figures in math (pun intended). |
Here is the last edible tomato from this year's garden (guess which one it is). I also have a garden update to provide here.
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“As often happens in science, yesterday's discovery is today's tool.” Gino Segre
"If you can't see the forest for the trees,then look at the trees; when you have looked at enough trees, you've seen a forest, you've got it" Annie Dillard