Tag Archives: astronomy

You Are The First One Of Your Kind

Posted on June 22, 2016 by nathanalbright

Will Pluto be remembered in years to come now that it will no longer be considered as a major planet of its own?  That is a hard question to answer, and one that many people will likely not care about. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How I Killed Pluto And Why It Had It Coming

Posted on June 22, 2016 by nathanalbright

How I Killed Pluto And Why It Had It Coming, by Mike Brown As a self-professed and longtime fan of the planetoid Pluto [1], whose first ever remembered foray into writing other people regarded that particular eccentric icy planet, this … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Terra Firma

Posted on May 19, 2016 by nathanalbright

Terra Firma: The Earth Is Not A Planet, Proved From Scripture, Reason, And Fact, by David Wardlaw Scott When I first received this book, I wondered if it was a joke. The author, by his title alone, appeared to be … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Planet Narnia

Posted on April 13, 2016 by nathanalbright

Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, by Michael Ward In C.S. Lewis’ essay ‘The Grand Miracle’ there is the following quote, which is quoted in the introductory material to this book: “There then comes to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Elinda Who Danced In The Sky: An Estonian Folktale

Posted on April 12, 2016 by nathanalbright

Elinda Who Danced In The Sky: An Estonian Folktale, adapted by Lynn Moroney, illustrated by Veg Resiberg Ironically enough, although this is an Estonian folktale, as the adapters of this book so helpfully tell us, the book is adapted from … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: The Science Of Interstellar

Posted on April 10, 2016 by nathanalbright

The Science Of Interstellar, by Kip Thorne It is entirely unsurprising, when one thinks about the larger picture, why noted filmmaker Christopher Nolan wrote the foreword to this book, read ably throughout by Eric Michael Summerer. Interstellar was one of … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: The Privileged Planet

Posted on March 5, 2016 by nathanalbright

I have had this hour-long video for far too many months from a friend of mine who has occasionally loaned me books to read and review [1], and I finally set aside some time to watch it so that I … Continue reading →

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I’ll Take My Chances On Everyday

Posted on November 21, 2015 by nathanalbright

Often I ponder the difference between good days and bad days. Being someone who is somewhat melancholy by nature, I am aware of my own native tendency to painful degrees of reflection and self-criticism, which other people do not necessarily … Continue reading →

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Searching For Pluto

Posted on July 16, 2015 by nathanalbright

When I was about eight years old, I wrote my first essay in response to a sermon at church. The minister had spoken about what we wanted in the Kingdom of God, and thinking about the Kingdom of God as … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Would You Baptize An Extraterrestrial?

Posted on December 26, 2014 by nathanalbright

Would You Baptize An Extraterrestrial?…And Other Questions From The Astronomers’ In-Box At The Vatican Observatory, by Guy Consolmagno, SJ and Paul Mueller, SJ [Note: This book was provided free of charge by Blogging For Books/Image in exchange for an honest … Continue reading →

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