Monthly Archives: August 2012

Book Review: Johnny Future by Steve Abee

Posted on 26 August 2012 by Suhail Rafidi

It’s blithering junkie Johnny Future’s 30th birthday and he’s broker than the ten commandments. He inaugurates the third decade of his life by developing a conscience, which happens when a girl who won’t have sex with him tells the lout to visit … Continue reading →

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How Johannes Kepler Helped Land “Curiosity” On Mars

Posted on 10 August 2012 by Suhail Rafidi

“He accepted the uncomfortable facts, preferred the truth to his dearest illusions. That is the heart of science.” [Carl Sagan describing Johannes Kepler, Cosmos, Episode 3, “Harmony of the Worlds.”] Johannes Kepler (1571 – 1630) was a mathematician and astronomer … Continue reading →

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