Archive for February, 2009

  • The Kraken

    The Kraken

    Posted on February 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Below the giant thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee About his shadowy sides; above him swell Huge sponges of millennial growth and height; And far away into the...

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  • Quotes of Charles Darwin

    Quotes of Charles Darwin

    Posted on February 3, 2009 | No Comments
    Various quotations of Charles Darwing the naturalist

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  • Royal Society

    Royal Society

    Posted on February 2, 2009 | No Comments
    The Royal Society’s motto ‘Nullius in verba’, roughly translated as ‘Take nobody’s word for it’, dates back to 1663, and is an expression of the determination of the Fellows to withstand the domination of authority (such as in Scholasticism) and to verify all statements by an...

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