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On being a physicist
When the entire yearly budget of the National Science Foundation is less than what we squander in one month in Iraq, our leaders have the nation’s priorities wrongly set
Superfluous Luxuries: How science was put in the service of greed
The metaphorical conception of oil as the earth’s blood is only too accurate; we are bleeding it dry and the life-force we have invested far too much in will soon give up on us. Nature will have her revenge, she is already displaying her destructive potential, flexing her muscles, and we need look no further than our temperate little island to see the effects (in terms of unprecedented weather patterns and consistent meteorological anomalies)
Nikola Tesla, godfather of the 20th Century, deserves more credit
Nikola Tesla can rightly be considered the godfather of the 20th Century and beyond. When discussing the lack of credit for his achievements, Tesla once remarked: “The present is theirs, the future, for which I have really worked is mine.”
Scientific illiteracy is a mammoth menace
The lack of scientific knowledge and rational thinking in the US is a detriment to the nation and must be fixed
