When we insist, as all the wisest child psychologists do now, that every child is like a small scientist, we don't mean that she has esoteric knowledge of a broad range of subjects, or talks to angels, or makes lead into gold.
We mean that she makes a theory about how her blocks are going to fall down and then tests it by knocking them over. And her range of knowledge in that way grows by leaps and bounds.
Science is really just that child's groping, with wings on - no, not with wings on, rather up on stilts, awkward-looking earthbound instruments, that get you high enough to see the world.
There's supposed to be a sign up on the Tower Of Pisa: "Please don't throw things from this tower". That sign is the best memorial that Galileo could ever have.
Of course, I'm not sure that it's actually there. I'll have to go and look.
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"Magazine's centennial with a new anthology! Order The Open Door and listen to selected audio poems. Poems & Poets Features Resources Programs & Initiatives Poetry magazine Home > Poetry Magazine > May 1970 Table of Contents Poetry Magazine Current Issue Table of Contents Browse All Issues Back to 1912 About Poetry Magazine TABLE OF CONTENTS Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on tumblr Share on email Share Print MAY 1970 This issue is sold out. Subscribe to Poetry Magazine Kaywynne Adams, Wendell Berry, Helen S. Chasin, David Galler, Theodore Holmes, H. B. Mallalieu, and more The Calling under the Breath W. S. MERWIN "
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Here is a video of the new sim city part 1 and 2
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Scientists at Stanford University and institutions around the country are researching new ways to boost the immune system and create a more effective vaccine that could be produced faster, without chicken eggs.
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I am thinking about how the scientists will be able to do vaccines without chicken eggs and what their alternative might be.
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Is Gaming the New Essential Literacy? | MindShift - 0 views
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they are learning a new literacy because they are trying to win the game and they are learning as they do.
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