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Russ Colson

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Red Cloud Nebraska, The United States

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Science Fiction, Science, Nonfiction

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Russ Colson is a scientist, teacher, author, and gardener living in northwest Minnesota, far enough from city lights to see the Milky Way and the Aurora Borealis. He writes contemplative and optimistic science fiction with adventure, touches of romance, and a helping of real science. He is a professor emeritus at Minnesota State University Moorhead, a former national professor of the year, author of the science fiction novel The Arasmith Certainty Principle (Chanticleer International Book Award 1rst Place Category Winner, Double Dragon Publishing, 2018), and coauthor of the science education book Learning to Read the Earth and Sky (NSTA Press, 2016). He has written several thoughtful short stories published in Cast of Wonders, Neo-Opsis Sci ...more

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Life Adventures: Personal or Political? (with pictures!)

Mary and I have had a delightful season of campervanning this year, with me writing as we travel and her learning to play the violin (see pictures!). We’ve made trips to see family in Pennsylvania and Utah, a 40th anniversary excursion to explore geology and attend the WorldCon in WA, and now we are on the road to Kansas for perhaps our last excursion of the season to attend the funeral of a dear

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	The Arasmith Certainty Principle really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 28 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Using Up the Cream: True Stories from the Kansas Plains (Ordinary Man Books) by Liag Nosloc, Gail Colson, Russ Colson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kilns of Jupiter 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Neo-opsis Issue 17 by Karl Johanson (Editor, Contributor), Sara King, Peter Andrew Smith it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Book of Gardening: in Northwest Minnesota (Ordinary Man Books) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS, Grades 6–12 by Russ Colson (Goodreads Author), Mary Colson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Book of Gardening: in Northwest Minnesota (Ordinary Man Books) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rules for Living Well: (or How to Lead a Boring Life) (Ordinary Man Books) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mindful Science Fiction: A Collection of Contemplative Earth and Space Science Stories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Science is not about what we know, or think we know, so much as it is about how we know it. It is the person who knows how we know that participates in science. Only that person can reasonably discuss whether our understanding of the world is true or false.”
― Russ Colson, Learning to Read the Earth and Sky: Explorations Supporting the NGSS, Grades 6–12

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“So my faith was not proven. Perhaps it never could be. Perhaps there must always be a true Faith. A belief based on vision in the inner self, communing with spirit in a place the mundane human corpse cannot go.”
― Russ Colson, The Arasmith Certainty Principle

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“Whatever vision you have for your perfect garden, you need to listen to the garden, and not cling to ideas that simply won't work for your climate, your soil, or your lighting. Faith in your garden vision is important. But belief in ideas that are demonstrably false is not the same thing as faith.”
― Russ Colson, A Little Book of Gardening: in Northwest Minnesota

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