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Chapter 18 of Herman Melville’s classic – Moby Dick. Read along with us and discuss this chapter or the book as a whole in the comments. His Mark And so Ishmael and Queequeg board their ship and meet their three-fold captain, but one third of their holy host is missing, the ghost. The captains demand … Read More “Finding Melville’s Whale: Chapter 18 – His Mark” »
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Charlie checks out the wall o’ teeth
Chapter 17 of Herman Melville’s classic – Moby Dick. Read along with us and discuss this chapter or the book as a whole in the comments. The Ramadan No peace for pagans nor god-fearing men, they are all broken. So, without judgement, He leaves Queequeg to his tribal sabbath. At the end of the day, … Read More “Finding Melville’s Whale: Chapter 17 – The Ramadan” »
Nested within the story of Ishmael, Queequeg, Herman Melville, and Moby Dick are four Coffins. The first two are within the story itself – Peter Coffin, the innkeeper who unites Ishmael with Queequeg, and Queequeg’s Coffin, built on premonition of death, that carries Ishmael to safety after the Pequod is destroyed. These two coffins bookend the epic voyage of the Pequod and it’s crew, but their occurrence parallels two other Coffins, and the fate of the whaleship Essex.
Still not cute.
This is reposted from the Southern Fried Science Network’s newest project – Journeys.
Science begins in the field. Every year a vast migration occurs as biologist, ecologists, chemists, geologists, social scientists, anthropologists, physicists, oceanographers, and others leave the safe comfort or their laboratories and venture out into the field. They travel by foot, bike, boat, car, and plane searching for simultaneously the most abundant and most elusive prey – data. Some will return to the same foraging ground year after year, some will explore new worlds, never to return. For the veterans, who have participated in this great migration for decades, this is just another chapter in a long a storied career. For the young, who have just begun their training, this is a new adventure, one fraught with frustration, peril, perseverance, and discovery. These are their Journeys.
Once again the Science Blogosphere is uniting behind Donor’s Choose to support science in the classroom. For those who don’t know, Donor’s Choose is a charity that funds projects proposed by school teachers. The Gam has selected (and will continue to add) several notable projects for our giving page. This year there’s a little twist, … Read More “Support Science in the Classroom!” »