I think this committee contributed to the culture of the Red Scare.

even people in the business world like unconferences!

another site pertaining to unconference. When I read the about section, I found that one can have meetings through open space, and it provides a way to connect quickly and easily with people.

the unconference blog! very fitting for this class :)

I did not know what Spiritus Mundi was, so I looked it up!

quick facts of evolution vs. intelligent design

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution. Darwin's contemporary (Alfred Russel Wallace) believed in something greater than man.

Focuses the theory of natural selection not on the organism but on the genes. A very interesting read.

A modern day reporting of how natural selection works. Although some are funny (in a I-can't-believe-this-person-actually-did-that sort of way) I will admit that some of the stories on here are sad.

This is a website where you can download the text of Lyrical Ballards, the book by Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Thought it was appropriate with our discussion of our pursuit of knowledge.

I thought it would be interesting to learn about the microscopes in Margaret Cavendish's time.

This has more information about Margaret Cavendish, of whom I did not know very much about.

There is an interesting bio section. Also, the music stops playing after one navigates away from the main page :)

I thought this biography of Machiavelli was appropriate as it was brought up in class discussion today.