Category Archives: Book reviews

Where in the World is Thomas Paine?

When it shall be said in any country in the world, “My [people] are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in … Continue reading

Posted in Book reviews, Discover | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Honestly! – part 2

I don’t know to what extent ignorance of science and mathematics contributed to the decline of ancient Athens, but I know that the consequences of scientific illiteracy are far more dangerous in our time then in any that has come … Continue reading

Posted in Book reviews, Discover, Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments