Did you know that this year is the 350th anniversary of the British Royal Society? In celebration of the event the Society is opening a website that allows one to examine the documents, letters, and other displays/info of this scientific organization. See:
http://trailblazing.royalsociety.org/ The mass media has provided several accounts of what the website includes, such as an account by the naturalist Daines Barrington who tested the assertion that Wolfgang Mozart at age 8 was a musical genius (apparently Mozart passed the test) and the sobering realization that Benjamin Franklin's kite-flying during an electrical storm provided a profound insight to science but also disproved the notion that lightning was supernatural in nature. For one account, see the UK Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2009/nov/30/royal-society-online-library-anniversary For another, see Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE5AT02420091130 -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
