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Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as we may obsess about things that happen at work or at home, there are much bigger forces surrounding us (we all live on a rock traveling through space). This is a useful bit of perspective. One of the books that is part of my summer reading adds to this view: 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html?qid=1278504607&a=0307278816&sr=8-1 ). I have only read the first chapter so far and it is already well worth the price of the book: a concise summary of the dark matter and dark energy dilemma that also serves as an illustration of the strangeness of scientific progress (think Kuhn). It feels good to take a moment off to marvel at the wonder that is all around us before diving back into the details of our lives (and the sauna that is New York City).
Yes it is officially hot in New York City these days. I don’t know if I can stand this when I am older, but for now I quite enjoy the huge seasonal differences. They are a reminder that much as we may obsess about things that happen at work or at home, there are much bigger forces surrounding us (we all live on a rock traveling through space). This is a useful bit of perspective. One of the books that is part of my summer reading adds to this view: 13 Things that Don’t Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d.html?qid=1278504607&a=0307278816&sr=8-1 ). I have only read the first chapter so far and it is already well worth the price of the book: a concise summary of the dark matter and dark energy dilemma that also serves as an illustration of the strangeness of scientific progress (think Kuhn). It feels good to take a moment off to marvel at the wonder that is all around us before diving back into the details of our lives (and the sauna that is New York City).
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