Josh Conviser's Blog, page 50
July 6, 2012
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Without the work of intellectual giants like Einstein,...

Without the work of intellectual giants like Einstein, Newton and Darwin, we might still be in the dark ages. But how many scientists still read the dust-ridden texts where these luminaries first expounded their theories? Thanks to the internet, you no longer have to hunt down these yellowing tomes in a moldy library vault. Here’s the story of 9 famous publications that spun the scientific world off its orbit.
"How other people react is a part of storytelling."
- Thank you for killing my novel - Salon.com (via rachelfershleiser)
July 5, 2012
This was a 4x5 negative that I manipulated.

This was a 4x5 negative that I manipulated.
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Still from Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger,...
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Maple Seed Drones Will Swarm The Future
Imagine a...

Maple Seed Drones Will Swarm The Future
Imagine a cheap, tiny, hovering aerial drone capable of being launched with the flick of a person’s wrist and able to provide manipulable 360-degree surveillance views. It’s real, it’s inspired by maple seeds, and the company behind it, Lockheed Martin, envisions a future in which swarms of the new drones can be deployed at a fraction of the cost and with greater capabilities than drones being used today by the military and other agencies.
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July 4, 2012
Arafat Poisoned?
Arafat poisoned Litvinenko style? My new book incorporates this type of assassination and why someone might choose to employ a technique that can be traced.
July 3, 2012
"The real hopeless victims of mental illness are to be found among those who appear to be most..."
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World (via sunrec)