A review of This Mobius Strip of Ifs by Mathias B. Freese :: The Compulsive Reader :: A Haven for Book Lovers

A review of This Mobius Strip of Ifs by Mathias B. Freese :: The Compulsive Reader :: A Haven for Book Lovers

Mathias B. Freese is always thoughtful, questions reality and has interesting remarks to make about many stages in life; he, in fact, offers up his belief that life is somewhat like the Mobius Strip used in his title, circulating round and round and sometimes offering up a bit of magic insight.

Plesiosaurs

I ran into Plesiosaurs for the first time in a Stephen Baxter book, then found out that a teams of scientists in many places are still digging up plesiosaur bones. Read more to get some good links, pictures and the full explanation of what a plesiosaur is. The Latest was found in Norway and is believed to be a new species. Plesiosaurs date from the Jurassic when the planet was really wet and warm.

South African Space Web site

South Africa's space program website describes a number of their satellites and their participation in GEO and SAEON--South African Environmental Observation Network, upper atmosphere physics, Antartic program and more. Their education link provides information about various planetariums and other school programs and provides information about applications for undergraduate work in Physics at a South African university.

Africa is on my mind since I just finished reading Wind Follower by Carole McDonnell. The story is a romantic fantasy that deals with religion and colonialism in a war torn country. Rich language and good imagination are a hallmark of her writing.

Uses for the Moon--many

This article shows how that big piece of gritty hard rock up in the sky, following us around and making the tides pull at us, has another use. Surprise, going outside of ourselves to get a look back can be as helpful as looking outward. In reading Michio Kaku's book "Parallel Worlds" I came to Chapter 8 Designer Universe where he explains how perfect the balance many of the equations and phenomena, such as the moon, fit the ideal needed to create life. The moon is perfectly balanced to stabilize the Earth's orbit and helps ensure we have an atmosphere. Anyway, a climate monitoring station on the moon sounds good to me, read here for more:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070525200427.htm

Calling for bore hole data is interesting--such holes aren't as easy to do as one might think do to the geology.