But first a DonorsChoose update ... We’re currently at $190 and seventh among the Scienceblogs challenges. We can do better!
I’m working on some prizes to give to random donors. Stay tuned.
There appears to be a slight problem in that some donations are not being attributed to this challenge. If that happens to you (or has happened), please let me know and I’ll have the DonorsChoose people fix the problem.
And now, your TIS ...
Births
1716 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist
1802 - John Gorrie, American scientist
1904 - Charles J. Pedersen, American chemist and Nobel Prize laureate
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But first, your DonorsChoose update.
We seem to have stalled out at 19% of our goal. While I’m sure we can feel happy that we are positively impacting the education of 210 students (and four of our challenges have been met), it has been five days since any reader has donated.
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1623 - William Petty, English scientist and philosopher
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1781 - Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist
1896 - Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov, Russian physicist
1987 - John Howard Northrop, American chemist,…
I’m off for the History of Science Society annual meeting in DC for the next few days, so posting will be scant or non-existent. I’m responding to a series of papers on Victorian critics of scientific naturalism and attending the Committee on Education annual meeting.
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At the suggestion of our resident ethicist, we've decided to try to use the power of ScienceBlogs to do some good. Thus, we present the first-ever ScienceBlogs Charity Fundraiser.
Here's the deal: An organization called Donors Choose solicits proposals from school teachers who want equipment that…