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Monthly Archives: January 2009
John Wyndham’s The Midwich Cuckoos
I’ve been reading through a number of classic science fiction novels that were adapted into the classic science fiction movies of the 50s and 60s; so far, I’ve tackled John W. Campbell’s Who Goes There? (turned into The Thing From … Continue reading
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Isaac Asimov’s How Did We Find Out About Black Holes
About a month ago, Blake over at Science After Sunclipse posted an image of some of his early kindergarten science scribblings. That got me thinking about my own early interest in science, and the sources that motivated me. While visiting … Continue reading
Posted in Physics
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