Skip to main content
Advertisment
Home

Main navigation

  • Life Sciences
  • Physical Sciences
  • Environment
  • Social Sciences
  • Education
  • Policy
  • Medicine
  • Brain & Behavior
  • Technology
  • Free Thought
  1. thescian
  2. The Future of Ideas

The Future of Ideas

  • email
  • facebook
  • linkedin
  • X
  • reddit
  • print
User Image
By thescian on January 16, 2008.

The must read book by Lawrence Lessig is now free.
i-e82671a3dc20a76c657496f064293c42-180px-The_Future_of_Ideas.jpg

Tags
Creative commons

More like this

Advertisment

Donate

ScienceBlogs is where scientists communicate directly with the public. We are part of Science 2.0, a science education nonprofit operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Please make a tax-deductible donation if you value independent science communication, collaboration, participation, and open access.

You can also shop using Amazon Smile and though you pay nothing more we get a tiny something.

 

Science 2.0

  • Affirmative Action In NIH Grants Revealed

Science Codex

More by this author

Winding down this blog
January 28, 2011
This is the last blip before Scienceblogs.com/thescian fades into the background. I am no more a blogger. The past few years has been a memorable journey and your company was wonderful. A big thank you to you, the readers, and to Scienceblogs who made this a great experience for me. Please visit…
Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
January 3, 2011
So, wife asked me what's with connectedness of the stuff in this world, synchronicity and such. Well, there is much to say. Let's take this, for instance: Place the picture of a BZ reaction snapshot and a CMB picture side by side. One is a chemical reaction in a small dish, the other is a seven…
Vigorous Scrubbing, the musical
December 30, 2010
I find myself scrubbing (my own person, that is, please read on) vigorously without being aware only to realize later that I am listening to a fast-paced music while bathing. Most of you would have experienced the connection between music and pace of physical action. Amateur observations made while…
Google Female Human Body Browser
December 16, 2010
Go here. There's a search box to look for organs. Quite neat.
Dr Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats
December 14, 2010
A remarkable and inspiring presentation of data. Dr Rosling, of course, has been pioneering this for a while now. There is a recent piece in the Economist which I found informative as well. More vidoes linked here.

More reads

Weekend Diversion: Celebrating Science and Believing in Yourself
"She said believe in yourself and believe in your dreams. I took away those words and will keep them in my memory for a lifetime." -Dominique Dawes Every weekend, I try to come to you with a story that is a break from the regular physics and astronomy stuff I write about. This weekend, I was listening to a sweet song by Alison Krauss, I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby, and looking at a picture…
Messier Monday: A Secretly Active Spiral Galaxy, M77
"The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." -Patrick Henry It's not a good idea to showcase a galaxy for you every Messier Monday, considering that even a crescent Moon can render most of them completely unobservable. Now that the autumnal equinox has passed, however, a very special spiral will be visible after sunset for the next six months or so…
Guest Blogger USA Science & Engineering Festival Fan Dr. Jessica Carilli Offers Humorous Insight into Why One SHOULD Go to Grad School
In today's blog USA Science & Engineering Festival Fan Dr. Jessica Carilli offers a little advice to those that are pursuing graduate school. Blog post from "Jessica's Blog of Bad Advice"  Go To Graduate School by Dr. Jessica Carilli  This could be the worst piece of advice you will get from this blog, because there is ample evidence these days that obtaining a graduate…

© 2006-2026 Science 2.0. All rights reserved. Privacy statement. ScienceBlogs is a registered trademark of Science 2.0, a science media nonprofit operating under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are fully tax-deductible.