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December 30, 2016, Hubble Day! Look to the stars for our future
[Today is actually the day! You may fly your flag if you choose. This is the traditional Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Hubble Day post.] Lift a glass of champagne today in tribute to Edwin Hubble and...
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February 15 is Shoulders of Giants Day
February 15th is Shoulders of Giants Day (unless you’re still on the Julian calendar). Or should be. Famous quotations often get cited to the wrong famous person. ‘Somebody said something about...
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Happy coincidence: Pi Day is Albert Einstein’s birthday
How many ways can we say happy birthday to a great scientist born on Pi Day? So, an encore post. Happy Einstein Day! to us. Albert’s been dead since 1955 — sadly for us. Our celebrations now are...
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May 11, Feynman Day! How to celebrate?
May 11 is the anniversary of the birth of Richard Feynman (born 1918, died 1988). Feynman’s birthday falls on Statehood Day for Minnesota. You can fly your flag for both causes, if you wish,...
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Was Richard Feynman really an “unlikely leader?”
Interesting series of films from The Open University, on “unlikely leaders.” The film on Richard Feynman is a good introduction to his work in a few minutes. Who the hell is “The Open University?”...
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Nobel prizes grow in U.S. public schools
I’m an advocate of public schools. I graduated from public schools, I attended two state universities, Universities of Utah and Arizona, graduating from one. My law degree came from a private...
View ArticleWe need to celebrate Hubble Day better! December 30, 2017, anniversary of the...
[Today is actually the day! You may fly your flag if you choose. This is the traditional Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub Hubble Day post.] Lift a glass of champagne today in tribute to Edwin Hubble and...
View ArticleMay 11 is Feynman Day! How to celebrate? (It’s his centenary!)
May 11, 2018, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Feynman (born 1918, died 1988). Most Feynman fans are celebrating through the entire year — appropriately, for a man so much larger than...
View ArticleCelebrating 100th anniversary of Feynman’s birth
How to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Richard Feynman? Here’s what others say and do. His popular books shattered readers’ preconceptions of scientists as lab-coated nerds and...
View ArticleEinstein’s birthday is Pi Day; coincidence?
How many ways can we say happy birthday to a great scientist born on Pi Day? An encore post. Happy Einstein Day! to us. Albert’s been dead since 1955 — sadly for us. Our celebrations now are more...
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