[silk] Why?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=secrets-of-the-phallus I found that on the blog of a friend, and since it was interesting The subject reminds me of the man who was asked to speak about sex. He faced the microphone, and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure..." and then sat down. -Deepa.
Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ?
> -Original Message- > From: silklist-bounces+keith.adam0=blueyonder.co...@lists.hserus.net > [mailto:silklist-bounces+keith.adam0=blueyonder.co...@lists.hserus.net] > On Behalf Of Dave Long > Sent: 07 May 2009 14:11 > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ? > > In a related but different vein, I'm interested in finding more books > like _QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter_ or _Naive set > theory_. > > Any suggestions for science books which actually manage to hit that > elusive median, where the calculations are neither too daunting for > novices nor simply handwaved away? > > -Dave I would recommend 'In Search of Schrodinger's Cat' and 'Schrodinger's Kittens' by John Gribbin. Good balance between science, maths and diagrams. He also manages to come up with some pretty good analogies without diluting the science. In the second book, quite some time is spent in discussion of QED. It also reminded me of one of the footnotes mentioning Feynman... '...when a colleague of mine, Marcus Chown, was a student at CalTech he asked Feynman to explain to his (Chown's) mother why physics was important. Feynman wrote to her to put things in perspective. He told her not to worry about what her son's work was all about. "Physics is not important," said Feynman in that letter, "love is"'. Keith No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.22/2105 - Release Date: 05/08/09 11:43:00
Re: [silk] America's Sri Ram Sena
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:55 PM, . wrote: > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Ravi Bellur wrote: >> Like I said, we got 'em too. So concerned with repressive control that they >> miss the essential points of their religions. Historically, the essential point of many religions has been repressive control: of sexuality, of particular ethnic or other "outsider" groups, of whatever. With an elegant theological backing of course, but terribly convenient for those exercising control. -Tim
Re: [silk] German ban on > 'double barreled' surnames
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM, . wrote: > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: >> >> She's the daughter of two Silk-lurkers, but she makes as much noise >> (and makes as much sense) as the third member of her family who is on >> this list. > > Congrats for the high decibel levels or should i say "to higher > octaves like g'ma...err paati" :) As of now (= when I am with her!) she is a very well-behaved and quiet baby! :) Deepa.
