Julia R Migliore
Words can take on different connotations and even meanings in different spaces. Right now, you and I have the ability to communicate with each other because we have agreed that certain words have certain meanings. When I say, "cloud," you know that I am talking about a white or grey, fluffy-looking mass of water vapor …
Bonnie Garmus' novel Lessons in Chemistry tells the story of a confident, young female chemist named Elizabeth Zott. The book primarily takes place in the early 1960s but also slowly reveals the characters' pasts throughout. Lessons in Chemistry has become popular since its release in early 2022. A year after it came out, the waitlist …
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Words can take on different connotations and even meanings in different spaces. Right now, you and I have the ability to communicate with each other because we have agreed that certain words have certain meanings. When I say, "cloud," you know that I am talking about a white or grey, fluffy-looking mass of water vapor …
We have a lot in common after all. As both a scientist and a "religious person," Elaine Howard Ecklund's research focus is particularly interesting to me: what scientists and religious people think about each other (and also what they think the other thinks about them).* In Why Science and Faith Need Each Other, she answers …
The book that started it all. When I was in high school, I was troubled by a common idea in Christian circles: science was for atheists. But... I liked science a lot. I also believed in Jesus. What I knew about the God of the Bible just didn't seem to go against what I knew …
Words can take on different connotations and even meanings in different spaces. Right now, you and I have the ability to communicate with each other because we have agreed that certain words have certain meanings. When I say, "cloud," you know that I am talking about a white or grey, fluffy-looking mass of water vapor …
Originally written April 29, 2020 in response to a conversation with a student, for my past self and anyone else in her shoes. Hey friend- I heard your struggles. So, you just got an A-minus on a one-credit lab course and that means the 4.0 GPA you worked so hard for is now unreachable. You …
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