01 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Carl Sagan's Big History Told as a Fable of Our Origins
Big History as a Fable > Time Sequence > Big History as a Fable Part II
Parts I and II of his retelling of our origins.
Folksonomies: wonder,big history,fairy tale

01 SEP 2011 by ideonexus World More Beautiful Through Science
Richard Feynman on Science > Similarity > Rainbow More Beautiful Through Science
Richard Feynman and Mark Akenside both describe how a scientific understanding of the world increases our appreciation of it.
Folksonomies: science,wonder,understanding,scientific understanding,appreciation

12 JUN 2011 by ideonexus If Seeing the Stars was a Rarity
If the Stars Only Came Out One Night in 1,000 Years > Similarity > If We Only Saw the Stars One Night Every 100 Years
Emerson and Carson both imagine a world where the stars are not something perpetually overhead, where humanity would not take them so easily for granted.
Folksonomies: wonder,astronomy,stars,milky way,galaxy,universe,cosmos

23 MAY 2011 by ideonexus Science Requires Effort
Enjoying Science Requires Effort > Emphasis > Reading the Music of Science
You must learn the language of science and love nature to enjoy and appreciate it.
Folksonomies: science,education,wonder