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Niels Bohr, Atoms and Human Knowledge

Posted on June 29, 2024 by admin

Jens Rud Nielsen (1894-1979), who joined the OU Physics Department in 1924, was an undergraduate student of Niels Bohr (1885-1962) in Denmark. Bohr, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, made two trips to the University of Oklahoma, first in … Continue reading →

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George MacDonald Bicentenary Conference

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

2024 is the 200th anniversary of George MacDonald’s birth (1824-1905). The George MacDonald Society and the Marion E. Wade Center of Wheaton College sponsored a conference, “George MacDonald and the Prophetic Imagination,” May 29-31, 2024. Conference page, GMD Society Joining … Continue reading →

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Sayers on suffering

Posted on May 20, 2024 by admin

Dear [friend in a dark time], You might be interested in a letter written during WW2 by a leading British radio personality (Dorothy L. Sayers). She spoke to fellow Brits about a Christian perspective on suffering. I know you yourself … Continue reading →

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Elaine Hagenberg’s choral anthems

Posted on March 17, 2024 by admin

Elaine Hagenberg Candace and I listened with rapt attention to “You Do Not Walk Alone,” a moving choral piece by Elaine Hagenberg, at the OKC Civic Center “For All the Saints” Irish concert last week. It prompted us to browse … Continue reading →

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Bruce Ritchie on James Clerk Maxwell

Posted on March 11, 2024 by admin

Video of the Inverness book launch event for Bruce Ritchie, James Clerk Maxwell: Faith, Church and Physics (Edinburgh: Handsel Press, 2024); #2024-br-1. My video recommendation (above). For those who want more, below is a longer video review (21 mins). But … Continue reading →

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Goodbye Dropbox my old friend

Posted on February 21, 2024 by admin

After many years of relying upon Dropbox as my go-to cloud solution, I’m saying good-bye due to an issue arising from intractable mis-set file permissions. After five hours on the phone with an Apple Support supervisor named James, he determined … Continue reading →

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Marilyn B. Ogilvie Celebration

Posted on December 9, 2023 by admin

Above: Marilyn B. Ogilvie, portrait by Mike Wimmer in the Marilyn B. Ogilvie Room, Bizzell Memorial Library, 5th floor, University of Oklahoma History of Science Collections. Marilyn B. Ogilvie, a specialist on women in science, served as the second curator … Continue reading →

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Scripture and Science exhibit

Posted on September 30, 2023 by admin

This week I had the joy and delight of visiting the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) in Washington, D.C. My purpose was related to the Scripture and Science exhibit, which opened in January 2023 and will close at the end … Continue reading →

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Alan Gogoll

Posted on August 29, 2023 by admin

This is not. humanly. possible. Alan Gogoli (website) “is an Australian acoustic guitarist and composer most known for the invention of his two-handed simultaneous artificial harmonics technique he has called ‘Bell Harmonics’, which is featured in many of his original … Continue reading →

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New beginning

Posted on August 20, 2023 by admin

“New Beginning” Mark & Steffimarkwhitelive.com The Chapman stick So beautiful

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