I DID NOT THINK THIS GRAPHIC COULD GET BETTER
AND THEN
BAM
LeVar Burton.
God bless you, BouncingDodecahedrons.
Science Valentines by Stephanie Burrows Fox
These are awesome!! Go Stephanie!!
Available online from Stephanie, or in Seattle at Ada’s Technical Books on Capitol Hill!
The Space Pen Hoax (you know, “the Russians used a pencil”) is one of my least favorite facts-that-are-not-facts-but-sound-good-so-people-will-not-fucking-stop-repeating-them. Read as io9 explains why the story is not only untrue, but doesn’t make any sense.
Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, and that Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen. And no one ever wonders how we know.
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Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate) Professor Cecilia Payne, ladies and gentlemen. (via neon-loneliness) This is a great example of how the education we receive focuses around the discoveries and perspectives of men. (via fffigures) |
I’m thinking “Hustlers, Martyrs, and Charlatans” would be a great name for my band’s new EP.
(via themadeshop, designage)
