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Monthly Archives: February 2006
Hometown hero (if you are into Greek history, anyway)
A University of Rochester emeritus professor of history, Perez Zagorin, has written a book on Thucydides titled Thucydides: An Introduction for the Common Reader. Here’s a review, the author of which, James P. Holoka of Eastern Michigan University, says the … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Books
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Yeah, but when was the first blond joke?
This Sunday Times article doesn’t say. But it does give an overview of a theory proposed by Canadian anthropologist Peter Frost about the provenance of blond hair itself. He figures women outnumbered men in northern Europe at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
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Somebody stole their architecture
No, not the gazebo in the back yard. There are two writers suing Dan Brown, author of The Da Vinci Code. Their names are Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh, and they have a book, too: The Holy Blood and the … Continue reading
Extinctions of Yore
Well, the Permian extinction of yore. If you can’t recall it, that’s perhaps because it happened 250 million years ago, and you’re not a geologist, or both. There’s a book on it out, now: Extinction, by Douglas H. Erwin, a … Continue reading
Posted in Nature
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This sounds like a great idea
I just found about about this via Zinnian Democracy: according to Mark Hare at the Democrat and Chronicle, Kenichiro “Ken” Sato, 27, a museum art director from Sendai, Japan who has enrolled in a public administration program at Monroe Community … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Rochester, New York
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Watch where you walk
Neglected wiring beneath city streets poses an electrocution threat to dogs, and sometimes people, as detailed in this LA Times article (registration required): During the snowy months of late winter, when salt mixes with slush, electric current escaping through uninsulated … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs
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The biology of love
Article by Thomas Stuttaford in the UK Times.
Posted in Nature, Pop Culture
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I swear I don’t know this person
Stopped by Amazon this morning, and someone has posted a new review for Outwitting Dogs. A week or so ago, the subject of Amazon reviews came up on a Yahoo list I’m on, and someone said that they generally ignore … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Writing
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When in doubt
Think about something else. In a series of studies with shoppers and students, researchers found that people who face a decision with many considerations, such as what house to buy, often do not choose wisely if they spend a lot … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Pop Culture
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Spooky quantum stuff
A quantum computer that can calculate . . . while it’s not running. “It is very bizarre that you know your computer has not run but you also know what the answer is,” says [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign research] … Continue reading
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