Turkish Writer on Trial for Telling the Truth
An author in Turkey has dared to tell the truth, now he faces up to 3 years in prison.
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An author in Turkey has dared to tell the truth, now he faces up to 3 years in prison.
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There are lots of great people in the publishing business. And lots of not-so-great ones. Before publishing your book, check out the pages at the website of the Science Fiction Writers of America.
SFWA Warnings and Cautions for Writers
Science information must be shared.
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The Science Commons
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Larzer Ziff’s new biography of Mark Twain is a penetrating glimpse into the mind of the author and the heart of his era.
Jane Jacobs looks ahead and sees a future with great dangers and some possibilities.
Read the full essay about the book:
Dark Age Ahead
The brain is a terrible thing to waste.
A new book published in Japan promotes bilateral thinking. Use both sides of your brain: the left side for reason and logic and the right for intuition and creativity.
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The Advantages of Using Both Sides of Your Brain
Render unto science what is science … Here we go again, backwards 5,000 years, as the debate about teaching evolution resurfaces.
Ashley Montagu argues for evolution, in this comic tale:
Ashley Montagu: The Author and the Man
“The central problem of the new century, I have argued, is how to raise the poor to a decent standard of living worldwide while preserving as much of the rest of life as possible.”
The books came tumbling down, which led to an apercu: the library is more than important: it is indispensable. You’ll love the photo of the disaster; with luck and a cat’s reflexes, the author escaped unharmed.