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Of bridges and troubled water

November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Four pillars

Would you believe this? I find it fascinating. Particularly when you consider that we only hear of successful experiments, that there must have been a deluge of failures before this. “So what did you do at work today, Daddy?” “I tried to make a bridge out of water, between two beakers, by shocking the water [...]

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Stuff I’m reading, part 142857

November 2nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Four pillars

I’m really enjoying reading quite an unusual book right now: Maynard & Jennica, written by Rudolph Delson. I’d never heard of the book or the author before; I’d stumbled across it while looking for Mark Andrejevic’s iSpy while shopping at the MIT Coop bookstore earlier this week. And the reason why I went looking for [...]

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