Greg Ross reports, on the Futility Closet blog: “Light crosses space with the prodigious velocity of 6,000 leagues per second.” – La Science Populaire, April 28, 1881 “A typographical error slipped into our last issue that it is important to correct: the speed of light is 76,000 leagues per hour — and not 6,000.” – […]
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Dowsing : the low down
Since 1962, the publication World Futures: The Journal of General Evolution has been “ … dedicated to the study of irreversible, nonlinear, system-structuring – that is evolutionary – change in nature and society.” And, the publishers explain : “All articles published in the journal have undergone rigorous editorial screening and peer review.” For an example […]