Wonderful stuff! Thanks, Mike. This is a treasure. Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire
On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 9:20 PM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: > Did you know that this year is the 350th anniversary of the British > Royal Society? In celebration of the event the Society is opening > a website that allows one to examine the documents, letters, and > other displays/info of this scientific organization. See: > > http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/ > > The mass media has provided several accounts of what the website > includes, such as an account by the naturalist Daines Barrington > who tested the assertion that Wolfgang Mozart at age 8 was a > musical genius (apparently Mozart passed the test) and the sobering > realization that Benjamin Franklin's kite-flying during an electrical > storm provided a profound insight to science but also disproved > the notion that lightning was supernatural in nature. For one > account, see the UK Guardian: > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/30/royal-society-online-library-anniversary > For another, see Reuters: > http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5AT02420091130 > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([email protected]) > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
