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partial explanations

Red alert, day 74. Lockdown, day 64. More of Warren Weaver, this time on scientific explanation. Many of us have thought the following, for example when reading bad wall texts in science museums, but Weaver, with the confidence of the … Continue reading →

Posted on 25 May 2020 by Diana ben-Aaron
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indistinguishable from magic

Returning from a family get-together in Toronto, my father, my brother J and I stopped at the Ontario Science Centre. We had been to the Royal Ontario Museum the day before. The ROM did not disappoint our memories. The OSC … Continue reading →

Posted on 14 September 2014 by Diana ben-Aaron
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Don’t worry, Pluto. You will always be a planet to me.

Posted on 24 August 2006 by Diana ben-Aaron
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I think this (the thermo part) is what Ken Meltsner and those other Course III people were trying to do many years ago, with blunt tools. Via Jonathan, a while back.

Posted on 28 May 2000 by Diana ben-Aaron
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