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Amber To Be

Allen E. Rhodes

I was on the ranch in La Salle County where I hunt, about 100 km south of San Antonio and was collecting dead limbs for firewood. It was relatively early, around 9:00 AM.

Editorial: What Do You Think?
by Forrest M. Mims III

Eye on the Sky: The November Sky by Paul Curtin

Forrest Mims' World of Science
by Forrest M. Mims III

Backscatter. Views and responses from TCS readers.

Wanderings with Ralph Coppola

Eye on the Sky: The October Sky by Paul Curtin

The First Scientific American: Benjamin Franklin And the Pursuit of Genius

Justin McHenry, Research Director for IndexCreditCards.com

I've always been a Benjamin Franklin fan, but I guess I've always admired the caricature of Franklin: from the rags-to-riches Poor Richard writing witty sayings in his almanacs to the benevolent old founding father who charmed the ladies in France.

Society for Amateur Scientists Holds 2006 Meeting

John Powell Receives the 2006 Benjamin Franklin Citizen Scientist Award

Report from the Fourth National Citizen Science Conference

The Fourth Citizen Science Conference Photo Album: The Poster Session

KiteShip News Update

Crystal controlled 1 pulse per second clock.

Allan Rydberg

This easy to make circuit will provide pulses at a highly accurate rate of one per second (1 Hz).

The circuit is based on a common quartz clock movement that seems to be in most of today's wall clocks. A suitable movement can be salvaged from a clock or purchased new from a hobby shop.

Algorithms for Mental Conversion between the Fahrenheit and Celsius Scales

Robert A. Warren

Yes, quick mental conversions can be made between the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, using the algorithms presented in this paper. But before these algorithms are presented, some background material is needed. More.

This Week at Hilton Pond

Mushrooms (AKA “toadstools”) are fascinating fungi that sometimes spring up overnight on the front lawn at Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History. Although mushrooms come in many shapes, colors, and sizes, Caesar's Amanita, Amanita caesarea , has the structure of one that might be considered typical. “This Week at Hilton Pond” we take a close look at the anatomy of a mushroom and even show how to make an artistic “spore print” that can help identify fungi in your own backyard.

Self Publishing

George E. Hrabovsky

President, MAST


Technical features of self-publishing aside, I wanted to take a moment, or two, and discuss the feeling of having published at Lulu.

   
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