An Amazing and Expanding Universe in Motion

Posted by on May 9, 2007 in Events, Gifted and Talented | 0 comments
From August 7-11, I’ll be working with the Davidson Institute’s Young Scholars program to put on an online colloquium titled, “An Amazing and Expanding Universe in Motion.” Abstract: Looking for something entirely different? Take a tour through our ever changing universe that is...
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Childhood’s Shadow

Posted by on Oct 21, 2006 in Gifted and Talented, Personal | 2 comments
Life is one of those things that we can only control so much. It is a great fallacy of the media that anyone can become anything. It is a damaging lie to say that the experiences of childhood bear no reflection on the personality and potential of the adult. It isn´t nature or nurture, it is nature and...
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Burn a Bit too Brightly

Posted by on Oct 18, 2006 in Gifted and Talented, Personal | 2 comments
A friend once sent me the following quote from Pearl S. Buck. “The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him… a touch is a blow, a sound is a noise, a misfortune is a tragedy, a joy is an ecstasy, a friend is a lover, a...
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