Comments on: Why is science important?

By: celine delacruz

celine delacruz — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:13:55 +0000

thanks because of you .you made me perfect in my project in science soo thank!!!!

By: Messier Tidy Upper

Messier Tidy Upper — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:21:50 +0000

@48. Nigel Depledge :

Was Jim Lovell CapCom on 17?

For Apollo 17,

Charles Gordon Fullerton, Lt. Colonel USAF was the Landing, Launch, and Wake-up CapCom.

Robert Allan Ridley Parker, Ph.D. civilian was the Mission Scientist and EVA CapCom.

& …

Joseph Percival Allen IV, Ph.D. civilian was the Goodnight CapCom.

So, no, afraid not.

Click on my name for the source website link.

By: La scienza è importante « Learning is beautiful

La scienza è importante « Learning is beautiful — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:33:57 +0000

[...] con lui. In un post sul suo blog oggi mostra il suo video con sottotitoli in italiano. Qui potete trovare anche il video originale e il video con sottotitoli in spagnolo. Quindi, perché la [...]

By: GeoWonk.com » Blog Archive » Why Science Is Important in Italian

GeoWonk.com » Blog Archive » Why Science Is Important in Italian — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:02:40 +0000

[...] Paolo Navaretti took my video about why I think science is important (I originally wrote about it here) and added Italian subtitles. I assume what he did is correct, since the only Italian I know is how [...]

By: Perche’ la scienza e’ importante « Lo scettico errante

Perche’ la scienza e’ importante « Lo scettico errante — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:45:31 +0000

[...] Un po’ di tempo fa, il Dr Phil Plait, autore del blog Bad Astronomy, ha creato e pubblicato un video in cui spiega come mai secondo lui la scienza sia importante e che effetto abbia sulla nost…. Oggi ve lo ripropongo (con l’autorizzazione dell’autore, ovviamente) dotato di [...]

By: Science is important! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Science is important! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:02:33 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I made a video outlining why I think science is important. This was part of a much larger project started by Alom [...]

By: La ciencia es importante | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

La ciencia es importante | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:47:08 +0000

[...] those two endeavors in the Spanish speaking world, where inroads seem to be tough. So she took my recent video on why science is important, created a Spanish transcript, and posted it with the video on the [...]

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:59:50 +0000

Beautiful message!

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:34:25 +0000

Randy A said:

And so many of our instruments are totally cool — especially astronomy with it’s giant telescopes.

Not too long ago I got to visit a proteomics lab at York University, where one of the techniques they use is called Surface Plasmon Resonance. Is that or is it not one of the coolest terms ever?

Plus, I have also used data that was acquired using a Fourier Transform – Inductively Coupled Resonance Mass Spectrometer, which has a mass precision of about ±10 parts per billion.

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:29:01 +0000

Quasar said:

We need some kind of an encyclopedia of science(all sciences) because our sciencetific knowlege is currently scattered.

Yeah, these exist. They are the science sections of University libraries.

Or did you mean something a bit more concise . . . ?

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:26:28 +0000

Radwaste said:

If any of you have the opportunity to vacation in Florida, turn your nose up at the fake stuff at Disney, and get out to Kennedy Space Center. See the Saturn V Exhibit. NASA, Paramount and Disney actually rebuilt Mission Control (in a different building), and set it up to cycle through the launch of Apollo 17. Introduced by James Lovell on a main screen, every detail is there. Seats are draped with lab coats from companies long gone. All the workstations cycle through their screens as they did that night. At “ignition”, the room flares orange with the fire of five F-1s.

When I went to see it, and they got to zero, I started counting backwards softly. My wife whispered to me, “Why are you counting?” Right on cue, someone in the audience said, “Why isn’t there any noise?” I just grinned wider and went, “Two. One.” And the room shook. The windows, the floor, the people, exactly as it did when 17 left more than 30 years ago, over three thousand tons of thrust at work.

Think you’ve seen an engine? These are engines!

Sounds like fun.

Was Jim Lovell CapCom on 17?

BTW, how far is mission control from the pad? IOW, how long does it take for the sound to reach the control centre?

By: JB of Brisbane

JB of Brisbane — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:13:34 +0000

It’s actually much easier to explain why New Age Technologies are important

“Actually, even I don’t know why New Age Technologies are important – they just are.”

By: Science Is Important! « Fazzal.com

Science Is Important! « Fazzal.com — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:17:51 +0000

[...] Phil’s post on his blog about the video. [...]

By: juhan

juhan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:40:12 +0000

science is important? see http://abstrusegoose.com/120

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:54:48 +0000

Ah ha! I see the hidden message to bow before you! But I shall prevail!

Kidding aside, this message ought to be distrubed in the science classes of the WORLD.

The closing statements on what stars have to do with us is the most lovely thing I find about the universe; that something whose forces can destroy life can contribute to it’s formation.
I would just love to pronouce in a loud voice to all: I love being stellar thermonuclear waste!

By: Naomi

Naomi — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:34:41 +0000

Cool! It’s like a far more articulate version of the start of my last year’s final-year seminar XD (It was about science and scientific skepticism. Unfortunately, in a group made up of a few religious people and some hardcore new-age followers, it didn’t, uh, get very well recieved.)

By: Sachie

Sachie — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:42:37 +0000

I’m linking the clip to the Way of Science course site on Blackboard and on Monday, showing my students (70 this semester) what a cool friend I have. I’ve already shown Richard Wiseman’s amazing spoon bending trick video from TAM6 and his amazing color changing card trick in class and they just loved him. Now, it’s your turn.

Sachie

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:18:43 +0000

Science very important. W/O it we wouldn’t have vaccines,,,

Speaking of astronomy,,,Phil, what?, no reminder about the green comet(Lulin)???

Good thing I access more than ONE science site,,,

GArey 7

By: Corey Parker

Corey Parker — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:14:43 +0000

Phil, I freaking love you. <3

By: BigBob

BigBob — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:13:35 +0000

I loved it. Short and to the point. Beautiful. I’ll show it to my kids. Not that they need persuading.
It reminds me of the good old webcasts. And while I’m on the subject, will you do more webcasts? Soon?
Bob(Big)

By: Quiet Desperation

Quiet Desperation — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:27:23 +0000

Science is important, but engineers bring it all to life.

A flat Earth!

Actually, it’s a bit of a myth that anyone thought the Earth was flat any time after the 14th century, and the spherical model survived amongst scholars consistently since ancient Greece.

By: John Paradox

John Paradox — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:13:51 +0000

For fans of the old B/W ‘educational’ videos:
http://www.archive.org/details/WhyStudy1955_2

WHY study Science?

J/P=?

By: Logan

Logan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:47:31 +0000

That’s right. Science is important. Not only because it is constantly learning, expanding… breaking it’s own limits. When any new scientific theory has came around, people didn’t think it was possible, probably because they just weren’t looking. Gravity, light, evolution. A flat Earth! Only when someone says “it’s probably because…” and then follow it up with something other than God were they ever opposed. Science means something to me because it can admit when it is wrong on spot. Not after repeated naggings and ridicule(like the church{sorry to keep picking on religion}) do they admit there could be fault in their claim, or a last minute change in mind does in Gods plan.

By: Raphael

Raphael — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:26:05 +0000

That was really excellent. Great stuff.

By: drksky

drksky — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:23:47 +0000

Awwwww Phil. You removed the link to Anaconda’s site?