Revolutionaries


James Clerk Maxwell (1831 – 1879) was a Scottish mathematician and theoretical physicist. His most significant achievement was the development of the electromagnetic theory which revolutionized the understanding of electricity, magnetism, and even optics.

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The Reformation (1500)
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The Industrial Revolution (1850)
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Homeopathic Drugs May Harm (News and Observer)
Alcohol's Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It (NY Times)
Silenced, the writer who dared to say chiropractice is bogus (The Independent)
EPA Reevaluating the Use of Recycled Tires in Playgrounds (Boston Globe)

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Links

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The Science Diet

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Forests have been felled and fortunes spent on diets and dieting. The money has been wasted and almost all the words are worthless drivel. Find the secrets to the only diet that really works. And its free!


Cell Phone Fraud Exposed

[4 | 454 | 0 | 1]   2008-09-01

The journal Science is reporting that two studies claiming that radiation from cell phones can cause DNA damage are fraudulent.


Cell Phone Paranoia Exposed

[3 | 431 | 0 | 0]   2008-08-07

The physics behind the interaction of radiation and matter tells us that cell phones cannot cause cancer. So why does the idea persist? We dig into the history of radiation and cancer to find out why.


Cellphone Update

[-16 | 464 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-23

Cellphones are causing more and more cancer!


What is a Scientific Theory?

[15 | 926 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

We examine what a scientific theory is and how it differs from the usual English meaning of the word.


Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?

[455 | 1338 | 0 | 0]   2008-07-20

Claims of cell phones causing brain cancer are becoming common. An examination of the basic properties of electromagnetic radiation and suntanning shows that this cannot be true.

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