I. The development of Siri, GPS, and duct tape was all funded by the American […]
Category: Science
Science, literally “knowing”, is most interesting to me when intrinsically bound up with the art of living. But then again, sometimes knowledge is its own beauty.
Star Wars and Genre: A Mixing of Categories
One of the things I love about Star Wars is that it is many things […]
arcana ad mortem 3: The Physics of Star Wars
In science fiction, more than any other genre, the role of Science is to make […]
“Faustian Economics”, Amplified
Hell hath no limits (just like my word count). There are some names that can […]
Finite Elements, Infinite Beauty
On Tuesday I had the privilege of attending a lecture by Thomas J.R. Hughes, who […]
first things
I quite dislike the word “blog”. Surely it’s a portmanteau of “blob” and “fog”, or […]