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Most beautiful science book ever.

Posted on July 20, 2017 by William

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Posted in Great Books, Health and Science | Tagged Dinosaur, evolution, extinction, Fossils, horsehoe crab, living fossil, Niles Eldredge, punctuated equilibrium, science, Stephen Jay Gould, trilobite | Leave a reply

You can take the A train, only if you absolutely have to.

Posted on July 19, 2017 by William

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Posted in Great Books, Levity | Tagged A train, Broad Channel, broken glass, drugs, Far Rock, graffiti, guns, Hell on Wheels, knives, Koch, lawlessness, MTA, philosophy, physics, racial tension, reef, subway, Willy Spiller | 1 Reply

Frowning, frowning, night

Posted on July 10, 2017 by William

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Posted in Great Books, Health and Science | Tagged A. Roger Ekirch, At Day's Close, dead of night, first sleep, second sleep, sleep | 2 Replies

Why is today Wednesday?

Posted on July 5, 2017 by William

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Posted in Great Books, Health and Science | Tagged Apollo, Day of the Week, Friday, Frigg, Mars, Monday, Oden, Robert MacNeil, Robert McCrum, Saturday, Sunday, The Story of English, Thor, Thursday, Tuesday, Viking, Wednesday, William Cran, Woden | Leave a reply

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