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Mysteries of Life: emojis, Girl Scouts and Galileo
From 538 Significant Digits: 70 new emojis Yesterday, God help us, was World Emoji Day. In honor of this “occasion,” Apple unveiled 70 new emojis, including a kangaroo, parrot, peacock, mango, lettuce and cupcake. Hip techie-foodie zookeepers are presumably thrilled. … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries of Life, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, Apple emojis, cybersecurity, emojis, Galileo, Girl Scouts, Jupiter's moons
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“Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its Mission Celebrated and Mourned”
Source: Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its Mission Celebrated and Mourned – The New York Times A thrilling story, it might move you to tears. It did me. It also moved me to my shelf of books on and by Galileo … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged Cassini spacecraft, Galileo, Giovanni Domenico Cassini, Saturn, Saturn's moons, Saturn's rings
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The god problem and the moons of Jupiter
A double digit number has just blown me away. Here’s why: A few years ago, when I was working on a book entitled, Falling for Galileo: A Romance With History, I read Galileo’s monograph, Sidereus Nuncius (“The Starry Messenger”), in … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life, The god problem
Tagged 538 Significant Digits, Galileo, heresy, Jupiter's moons, Scientific American, Sidereus Nuncius, Starry Messenger, the god problem and science, the Medicis
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