Guest Post: The Real Dangers of Mercury (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang] “All things are poison and nothing is without poison; only the dose makes a thing not a poison.” -Theophrastus Phillipus Auroleus Bombastus von Hohenheim Some scientific topics are so far outside my area of expertise that I need to bring in outside help to do it justice. Today, we’re lucky enough to have a guest…
April 29, 2014 - ScienceBlogs
Arthur C Clarke in AFP The shallot was described before 300 BC by the Greek writer Theophrastus, who called it asklolonion. In the first century AD, Pliny concluded that it was so named because it came from Askalon (now Ashkelon, in S. Israel), and the attribution has... Alan Davidson http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Davidson_(food_writer)&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGU6wL9RKMzEr3yU1KwKO9_4wQCSA The Star-Ledger - NJ.com http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/dining/index.ssf/2008/04/a_local_taste_for_shallots.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWn-KPApASEnhkmPgqDg6jglj5EQ Apr 29, 2008
99385 131942 theorem The Last Theorem has taken a lot longer than I expected. That could well be my last novel, but then I've said that before," Clarke said in an interview with the BBC earlier this month.