New York City – 1980 – I had moved back from a rural area in upstate New York to subway cars covered with graffiti, moving through a graffiti covered trash filled junk pile of a city. (To this day, a wild flower on the side of a country road often appears to [read more]
Category Archives: Articles
WestView-ScienceView: Ideas Matter.
August 14, 2009 – 3:47 pm
WestView ScienceView: Fireworks, War, Altruism and Mark Twain
August 14, 2009 – 3:36 pm
Last night my wife and I walked over to the Hudson River and joined a crowd to watch the Macy’s fireworks display. It was quite a beautiful show, and also America beating on its chest and throwing its chin up. The good will was palpable, the cops were friendly, and glances over to [read more]
Science from Away: Two equal runners, one tripped
August 14, 2009 – 3:33 pm
Look in the mirror. Looks like you – but it’s not you. It’s your mirror image. What’s the difference? Left and right are exchanged. My shirt buttons are on the right side of my shirt. His are on the left. He’s got his watch and wedding ring on his right hand. And [read more]
Science from Away: The Origin of Death
June 11, 2009 – 2:26 pm
Google “death” and get nearly 700,000,000 million hits – there seems a fair interest among us in this subject, more for example than in “sex,” which elicits about 80,000,000 hits. Put “sex and death” together in a Google search and you’re down in the noise level compared to the Google hits for each [read more]
Science from Away: Youth Replaces Age
June 11, 2009 – 2:22 pm
What if someone offers you a deal on a beautiful apartment in an ideal location where you always wanted to live? The apartment is occupied by a 90 year old woman. If you pay the rent until she dies you will then own the apartment. Andre Raffray is only 47, so he [read more]