Welcome to my culture and science site

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Hello,

You will find here various articles and posts and  a knowledge mix (albeit a coherent, organized and often interrelated mix, I hope) of my ideas and opinions about culture, books, science, and everything else…

My books pages can be consulted for a listing and sometimes description  of books I have read throughout the years, and my blog for posts related to diverse subjects.

I haven’t created a specific ‘about’ page, but if you would like to know more about me, you can click on  the ‘About me ‘ tag link in the tags list or tag cloud.

Some thoughts about educational costs, reform and economics

I have written in earlier posts about the need to change and reform the existing educational system, with its general structure and requirements dating back to the last couple of centuries. With the passage of time, students and learners can generally understand and acquire past, recent, advanced knowledge at a younger and earlier age. It … Continue reading →

The difference(s) between stable and unstable isotopes

Most chemical elements in the natural world consist of a mixture of isotopes. By definition, an isotope is one two or more types of a specific chemical element having different numbers of neutrons in the nucleus, i.e. different relative atomic masses and different nuclear properties, but the same chemical properties. From a historical perspective, the … Continue reading →

Quantizing gravity, or “gravitizing” quantum theory?

Roger Penrose shows in his writings that he is more favorable to the theory of general relativity and to determinism in physics, and that he is more critical towards quantum mechanics, its description of reality, and its probabilistic formulation. Other physicists or scientists have somewhat similar or comparable views or opinions. Many physicists seem to … Continue reading →